More and more I am humbled to serve alongside my beautiful wife, Carrie, and my precious kids and a few close friends, to simply look out for the needs of […]

Here is a challenge to my dear Merced County landlords, and any other landlords for that matter.  I challenge landlords and business owners to take on a posture of service […]

My wife and I are more and more clear on one thing:  We want desperately to be right where God wants us and deeply satisfied in His goodness above all […]

Having followed predominately house church movements that are more dialed into Scripture meditation, humble and loving fellowship among believers, tender reaching of the unchurched and/entirely lost and unassiciated with Christ, […]

Jesus, Thank You for this very refreshing vision of what church really is supposed to be!  We are Your Church, Your people purchased at the price of You, the Spirit, […]

In the last couple of years, I have not been able to shake a constant belief that modern thought development has more and more pride and self at the core. […]

Why is this post launched with a picture of an ugly van?  Well, the van is part of the story for why I’ll be attending the We Are Church pastors’ […]

    Counseling?  I don’t need a counselor, you might think.  My wife and I will gladly admit that we have benefited from both life coaching and counseling in significant […]

It has been a wonderful retreat, and I continue to enjoy it.  Being predominately off of the web for the last four months besides for checking the news periodically and […]

It could be some statement I’m trying to make about this or that, but honestly, I’m simply seeking to be more present for my Lord, my bride, my children, my […]

Paul simply says he desires to depart and be with Christ. “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22If I am to live in the […]

Wow, it’s been a crazy ride of late. The LORD has been showing me in His Word and through humbling messages from Francis Chan what the local church is really […]

Florencio, a friend of mine, received the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ on multiple occasions.  We wrestled by text message in the middle of the night as he […]