Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.

SPRING UP O WELL

I now have a fountain. It's in my front yard. It's pleasantly noisy. It is really heavy. Here's a picture of it. If you come to my house we can have coffee and sit and listen to my fountain from the front room. Then you can either feel like you … [Continue reading]

SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

The guy who said, "don't sweat the small stuff" was wrong. All the big stuff in life is made of small stuff all piled up. It's the small stuff in life that makes something great. It's the little things you do in marriage that make the big … [Continue reading]

I CAN’T STANZ NO MORE

Last weekend, I went to the leadership summit- a conference for leaders in the church and business world broadcasted via satellite from Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois- at our church in San Diego. There were many … [Continue reading]

HONK

An hour from the Mexico border at 2pm yesterday, while headed south from vacation on I-5, Shannon and I ran into a caravan of people proudly going to Mexico on a mission. The classic youth ministry caravan of 8+ passenger vehicles complete with … [Continue reading]

LSD AND MARRIAGE

I did a wedding with a few other pastors this last weekend for two friends- Trevor and Amber. It was tons of fun and reminded me why I love ministry and what I do. I had some great conversations, laughed a lot, and did some running down memory lane. … [Continue reading]