Holy Week

It’s hard to believe Holy Week is before us with Palm Sunday this Sunday. How come I feel like I just finished opening Christmas presents and leading a Christmas Eve Worship service? On Maunday Thursday we will have a service of worship and a Seder dinner. It will be my first time experiencing this with [...]

All glory, laud and honor

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David’s royal Son,
Who in the Lord’s Name comest,
The King and Blessèd One.
The company of angels
Are praising Thee on High,
And mortal men and all things
Created make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
With palms before Thee went;
Our [...]

This is what it’s about…

I spent some time with a member of our church a few days ago. I’ll call him Joe. Joe is roughly in his fifties and lives pretty much everywhere and anywhere. Joe is homeless. When I arrived to the office on Monday, Joe had left several messages wanting me to call him back. I had [...]

You know…

You know you’re a regular (and addicted) at Starbucks when…
1. The baristas race to see who can get your drink done before you actually arrive to the cashier.
2. When the baristas say to you, “where are the kids?”
3. When they say to you, “the usual?”
4. When the barista says, “hey you what’s up, like you’ve been [...]

Church in transition…

Attended a seminar by Eddie Gibbs this morning in Pasadena where he presented a seminar on the church in transition. He filled the 50+ folks on what the emerging church was and is today and how we need to rethink how we do church together. I appreciated his definition on what a missional church is, “the [...]

Man…

7:22am. You know your kids are growing up when you hear this statement while they’re getting ready for school, “Dad, could you pop this?” As he’s pointing to his pimple…AGHHHH!!!! I can’t stand it. I’ve blinked and my kid has a pimple. Anyways, I’ve been in blog silence of late. Lots happening. Organizing office at church [...]