They Can’t Be Your Everything
I’m in the middle of counseling a few couples that will get married in the next weeks. Out of everything I do, this is one of my most favorite things to d...
Category: Family
A Family Update – September 2020
Every once in a while, I think it’s helpful to update you on what’s going on with our family. I know that many of you pray for us regularly, and your prayers ar...
Make It Fun
What if we took a different approach? What if we got involved? What if we made a game of cleaning the rooms? What if we decided to make it relational and fun? T...
Topic Tuesday | Dads
I love it when my friends call me 'Pastor' and when my wife honors me as her 'husband', but the best name I've ever been called is "Da-da".
What's going down …
I loved my time at Friend Church, but the call of God is something that I cannot shake. I told our friends at church: if I've asked you to listen to Jesus and r...
A New Respect For Stay-At-Home Moms
I love Peyton Manning. Peyton is what they call a "field general". He's out there in the middle of everything, telling people what to do, where to go, and getti...
Adahlae: Pictures From Her 1st & 2nd Weeks
Becoming a Daddy is a pretty amazing thing. As I reflect over the last weeks, I thought I'd share a few pictures with you ...
Pregnancy Lessons: Farts
There is a type of pregnancy that we all experience: where a notion, an idea, a vision, or desire takes root in our hearts, impregnates us, grows and develops, ...
Anxious Today?
The past few weeks led up to a very special moment yesterday, as my wife and I saw our baby for the first time through an ultrasound. It would have been easy to...
Reflection: My Mother Beat Cancer 12 Years Ago
As I was preparing to leave for Spring Break I received a phone call from home: My mother had breast cancer.