The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina is unbelievable. There is a wide deal of speculation that this may be the worst disaster ever to hit the United States both in terms of human lives and also in terms of property damage. Roughly 20,000 people are missing, and the death toll is already …
Mad About Principles
For the past few months, I have been a very angry person at least on the inside, and I haven't been able to figure out exactly what was wrong. Mad at God I went to a session during the spring time about getting emotionally healthy as a pastor, and the teacher encouraged us to do an exercise where …
My Kryptonite
Superman had only one weakness (other than his crush on Lois Lane)---Kryptonite. If he was in the presence of this material, he would become as weak as a child. My kryptonite is lack of trust. …
My Transition Mission
For some time now, I have been wondering exactly what my role should be during this time of transition in our church. My wife and I are planning to move to Lafayette, Indiana to plant a new church, but Northwest Baptist is letting us stay here for some time during our fundraising efforts. I'm truly …
2005-08-01
MyJournal -- 08/01/2005 For the past few days, I haven't been spending the time to do my 30 minutes a day. Oh, sure, I have an excuse or two, but they aren't really good. Last Thursday, I was leading the wedding reception for Jonathan Kaushal, and that went from about 6:30 pm until about 11:00 …
2005-07-18
# MyJournal --- 7/18/05 10:48 pm # Today God helped me to accomplish a few things for the church plant. The major thing that I was able to do was to set up a dynamic graph that will automatically display our current support level according to two .csv files on our webserver. It's something …
2005-07-17
MyJournal -- 7/17/05 10:17 pm These past few days, God has been showing me that I need to take this spiritual renewal thing seriously. I have been focusing so many of my energies on the practical aspects of ministry. What I'm doing and what the church is doing and what other people are doing and …
2005-07-22
MyJournal --- 7/22/05 8:14 pm Things have gone pretty well for me today. Since it was a day off, I didn't do that much, but I actually felt like today was just the same as any other day. In fact, I have begun to worry that I don't have enough separation between my hobby life and family life and …
2005-07-21
MyJournal - 7/21/05 8:21 pm Yesterday, God met me during my evening prayer time. I was over at the church at 7:30 like I had said for prayer, and a couple of other people showed up---Paul and Leah Witte came, and Eric Wilson (a new fellow) also was there. It was a really good time for me. I …
Talking with God
Some time ago, I was asked to do an exercise where I would write out a letter to God and then imagine he would write a letter back to me. The letters below are the result of that experience. You know, I just read it all again, and I can't believe how true I think it is. The exercise was back in …
2005-07-19
MyJournal --- 7/19/05 9:36 pm Today has been a good day. This morning, we woke up pretty early to take the kids to go see Bob and Larry from the Veggie Tales show. They were making a guest appearance at the NBC news show downtown. So, not only did we get to see the two characters, but Jen, …
A decision has been made!
Well, it’s not the BIG decision, but it is a little decision. Jen and I will be telling our congregation this Sunday that God is leading us into church planting. We don’t have a definite location, and we don’t have a definite timeframe, but the indications all point to the fact …
The Resurrection of Jesus (Easter 2005)
Every year at this time, I begin to think critically about the resurrection of Jesus. Yeah, you heard me right. I said, "_critically_". Just because I'm a pastor, that doesn't mean I accept everything in the Bible without thinking about it too. I'm a thinker, I majored in mathematics and philosophy …
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Indianapolis & Lafayette
Jen and I visited Indianapolis this weekend. There are some areas of Indianapolis that are absolutely booming with growth. It truly is remarkable to see that on the north side of the city, there are some counties with the highest growth rates in the nation. On the south side of the city, there is …
Chesterton Update
We went to Chesterton this weekend. The original plan was to go to Jen’s parents’ place on Thursday night, hang out there with them, and then give the kids to their grandpa while Jen and I did some touring of the area. However, things didn’t work out that way. Jen’s dad …
Chesterton this weekend
We’re going to go to Chesterton, Indiana this weekend. We are planning to have a meeting with Pastor Bill of Liberty Bible Church this Friday, and then on Saturday, we plan to tour the city to see about the potential for a new ministry there. It’s another situation where there are …