Main Point and Overview:  Worship is a lifestyle. It is developed as your appetites are adjusted away from the world and to the Savior. For the 1st century church, they were facing a ton of pressure from all angles. The writer of Hebrews understood this, so he gave these young believers an intentional blueprint for success. He wanted them to realize that they should never go back to their past lif...  Read More

As I warm up my fingers and get ready to type, my eyes are fixed on the spot in the sky where the sun is straining to illuminate the day. The current temperature is 1 degree and there is a beautifully eerie haze with an occasional flash of snow dust swirling about.  I feel like I’m in a scene from Frozen, which is a Disney favorite of several of my granddaughters.  In the background, the chatter o...  Read More

We all have been in a spot when a child asks the world's most famous question “Why”? Proceeded by once again “Why”? Which then triggers a whole rabbit train of whys and so on, to the point we don't have the answer they are looking for. In that moment we most likely throw out some crazy answer that then stops them from asking more questions!Ecclesiastes 5:2  “Do not be quick with your mouth, do not...  Read More

One of the more gratifying aspects of any job is having purpose. It is a motivator. For me, that was never truer than being in the military. The vast majority of the day-to-day was making sure we were ready for the next mission. There were exercises routinely, to make sure we knew how to do our job and how it applied to the mission. As a missileer every alert was the real deal. Our mission was to ...  Read More

 John 21:20-22 "Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”  In our modern world, distractions...  Read More

Back to the old ways it seemed… A few ordinary fishermen trying to make the living they were raised to. Although, for the past few years’ things had looked a little different, their pursuits had changed. These men who spent most of their lives listening to the sounds of the sea, smelling the salty air, and standing more firmly on a rocking boat than they could on solid ground, found themselves on ...  Read More