God Is With Us

How many times have you told yourself this past month, “I can’t wait till this gets back to normal”. Wait. Two months ago how many times did you tell yourself, “God I need a change”? Uhm…well if that’s you, you are not […]

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Servant Leadership 101

“Cant get respect until your people know that you can sit in their chair and do what they do.” -Adam Arevalo Adam is one of the best managers I’ve ever worked with. Even better than that, he is one of the best […]

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Investing in Legacies

I love the word: legacy. Webster Dictiobary says: Definition of legacy (Entry 1 of 2) 1: a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : BEQUEST 2: something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the […]

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An Easter Tradition

One of my favorite traditions we have done every year with our kids are Resurrection rolls. I’ve done the one thousand egg hunt…wait…ten thousand egg hunt with hundreds of kids as a youth pastor (came out with bruises from the stampedes!), but […]

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Small Potatoes!

“So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These […]

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My Hero: The Rock

Her name is Jessie, but I’ve been calling her “The Rock” for years. She was in our youth group throughout middle and high school and that was years ago. I named her “The Rock” at her first youth camp, because when the […]

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Be A Lighthouse

Today has been a fun day. I helped several team members get setup to work remotely. Taught an art class during my lunch to my boys on how to draw lighthouses. Conducted an interview for someone to start working remotely. Then did […]

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Joy

“You give me joy that’s unspeakable And I like it, and I like it, yeah Your love for me is irresistible I can’t fight it, I can’t fight it, yeah You carried the cross and took my shame I believe it, I […]

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12yrs of Quarantining!

Imagine being in isolation, hurting, broke, and hidden for twelve years. And we think a month has been tough? “In the crowd that day there was a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with hemorrhages. She had spent every penny […]

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Reaching Out

What are you reaching for? We had a backyard combine for the boys at my brother in the laws house this weekend. One of the drills had them doing vertical jumps. The goal was to jump up and reach for a marker. […]

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