Recieved this tonight in an email…

Toby is a wonderful guy with a big heart. He was one of the first chaplains called to New York on 9/11 with FEMA. When I was leaving church this evening this was an email I received from a pastor buddy of Toby’s wanting his friends to pray for the Gulf states and for those [...]

Learning…

When I think of learning about the life of a church, I think of some of the old tricks of the trade. I know these are not new to you veterans. I try to have special youth group nights or events at kid’s homes throughout the year. It gives me a chance to learn about [...]

Learning, loving, leading…

In our presbytery here in Sacramento those who are in their first ordained call are expected to participate in a first call group of pastors who are in their first few years of ordained ministry. One of the mentor pastors of the group was teaching on servant leadership and what is expected of leaders of [...]

It was a GREEN DAY yesterday…

It’s been a while. A long while. The last time I watched the VMA show on MTV was when Hootie & The Blowfish was actually hot and Van Halen made a guest appearance. Much like what MC Hammer did last night in his guest appearance. I decided last night that I would actually sit through [...]

Birthdays

I love birthdays. I love it especially when we get to celebrate our kids lives and their birthdays. Our youngest kiddoe has a birthday next week and today we celebrated. Hot dogs, cake, a pinata, some presents, and a happy kid. What a privilege, an honor, and a blessing of God’s grace to celebrate a [...]

A local post…

For those of you parental units from church who might visit here…
September 24th at 6:00pm,the  First Evangelical Free Church of Sacramento is hosting an "Understanding Your Teenager" seminar. The seminar is being led by Dr. Les Christie, the chairperson of the youth ministry department at the William Jessup University. I’d encourage you to check it [...]

GAS!!!!!!!!!

Saw a similar gas sign on the late night new last night…I had to post this. When we were near Tahoe last weekend, gas prices were at $3.00 a gallon.

Newbie

One of the pastors I serve with calls me the “newbie.” Although I’ve hung around the church for a while I’m still very much wet behind the ears when it comes to being a pastor. I am a newbie. I’ve recently shared that over the last few weeks I’ve started to make reading a regular [...]

I have to agree…

I have to agree with this. It is time.

End of day laugh…

One of my youth leaders sent this to me. Found it amusing…