Surprise!

Recently my wife celebrated her 30th birthday.  Turning thirty seems to be pretty rough for women.  It seems guys have a more difficult time turning 40.  Maybe thats because guys tend to stay active later in life.  My wife handled it pretty well, but it was rough for her too. […]

Easter Rocked

I hope you had a great Easter.  We did.  Our church was packed full on Easter.  We had a great turnout and an amazing service.  Our band did some incredible music to kick off our new series Doors.  They did “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” GNR style, “Something Corporate” an original […]

Holy Week – I’m Stressed

This past Sunday I gave a message on how to deal with stress while trying to life a great life.  I honestly don’t believe we can get rid of stress.  It’s all around us.  And when I look at Jesus’ life during his ministry, I realize that he dealt with […]

Keeping Life Simple

Do you ever feel that life is far too complicated? Technology has made life more convenient but also more complicated. We have gadgets with more buttons that I can even figure out…and I worked in a technology field for years. Every year we have to file taxes that can be […]

The Truth About Leadership – Part 2

In my last blog I wrote about Moses pastoring a mega church by himself. Moses was on a course to wear himself out and frustrate the people of Israel. His father-in-law gave him some great advice to help him stay focused on what God called him to do. Jethro told […]

The Truth About Leadership – Part 1

In the book of Exodus, Moses learns a valuable lesson from his father-in-law, Jethro (lol – I just don’t associate that name with biblical times).  Moses is really the first pastor we find in the Bible.  God called him and appointed him to be the leader of Israel.  In a […]

Church is canceled

It’s weird not doing something you are so used to doing every week.  Yesterday, we canceled our worship service due to inclement weather.  It felt quite strange not going to church.  After doing it for most of my life and it has just become part of me. But I must […]

Stuck in a Blizzard

(My daughter, Lauryn, on a 4-wheeler during the blizzard) This weekend we were pounded with one of the biggest snowfalls we’ve ever had here in Ohio.  It’s being called the Blizzard of ’08.  We received about 20 inches of snow in about 30 hours.  It seems that any time we […]