It has been a wonderful blessing to see the response to Haiti from the church and the world. Serving in times of tragedy is what being a Christian is all about. In fact the proactive Gospel of Christ is, and always has been a source of strength and restoration to a world in need.

As you [...]

I was thinking this week of the state of the church and also of this church. One of the benefits if you will, of ministry is the joy that comes when your ministry touches someones life.

Always we give God the glory for any good thing but we can not [...]

None of us like to deal with rejection. It is the single greatest killer of thousands of promising careers in sales and other mediums every year. People have a hard time dealing with it because we take it so personal.
In sales you were taught the people were rejecting your product and not you but it [...]

I think that it is crucial for us to understand the motivation behind the ministry of Christ.

The Gospel began in His heart and because of His commitment. If you will remember the two active ingredients in His heart were compassion and the will of the Father.

Prayer constantly is essential in our walk with the Lord. Pray without ceasing, always in our heart a prayer going up to God.

This is the only way I can stay connected at the times when being and feeling connected are really hard.

When you are doing all those mundane tasks or are tired from the ones [...]

Last week I started a series on Christian virtues and I will continue today as well as next week. Last week we spoke of faith and today we will talk about hope.
And so faith, hope, love abide. If you will remember I read the story of St. Sophia and her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and [...]

I talk a lot about the hold that the past has on our lives. I began to think this week about how often we look back and wish that things could have been different. It is a natural occurrence but I began to wander what we accomplish when we do so.
If we look back to [...]

I want to encourage all churches regardless of size to sacrifice with purpose to make a difference in your community.

The last two years we have held a backpack and school supply giveaway at CNCC.

It has been a blessing and a privilege to serve in our community.

We are currently having a toy drive [...]

I started this blog with the intentions of doing what I could to initiate change in the hearts of those who are moving forward in Christ. Often we reach a place where we can not go forward due to something in our lives or in our past that is blocking the metamorphosis that needs to [...]

Many years ago when I was a youth pastor I stumbled across a play titled Jesus comes to Washington. I will get into the point of this play in just a few minutes but the basis for the story is all the planning and excitement of Jesus arriving on a 747 in [...]