Day One

Sooo today was the first day of being “unemployed”. Geesh this is depressing. Let me see what is on TV? Nothing to sooth the soul like V:the Series marathon on Syfy. What is making this so weird is that I am used to being overly busy. With meeting and a To Do List that is [...]

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Trust is a five letter word

1When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra [...]

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A New Chapter

The last couple of weeks have been interesting as I have worked on transferring the many tasks and oversight of ministries that I have been involved in for the past three years. This last sunday was my last official sunday at Word of Life. And in all transitional times I am quite reflective on what [...]

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Pastoral Transitions

Having just finished seminary and preparing to seek my first ordained called I am left in a state of limbo. It is not like I have moved to new ministries before, but things are different now. With the rise of social networking in facebook, myspace, linkedin, and twitter it adds a new dimension to leaving [...]

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Providence, more than just a large word

There are those words in seminary that you see and scratch your head in wondering what it means. Then you scratch your head and wonder if anyone will even care if you know what it means. It seamed that happened to me many times in classes such as systematic theology. One of the words that [...]

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Food of Champions

Last night Jenn and I double dated with Eric and Liz in Santa Monica. I thought we were going to try something that Eric was going to Yelp. Instead we ended up at a good standby. That being Houston’s. It has been awhile since I had been there since they closed the Woodland Hills location [...]

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Every Pastor Needs an Arch-Nemesis

A couple of weeks ago I posted on my facebook page that I needed an arch-nemesis. The response I got was that I need to love everyone and that Pastors should not have one. Granted theologically that is correct. But I would like to throw out a different angle. I was sitting in the church [...]

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Call Vs. A Sense of Responsibility

I have spent the last couple of days in a sense of internal conflict. Some of the questions I have been arguing over in my head and those around me is where is the church’s or our own sense of responsibility for the church universal. While I do feel that I have a call to [...]

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Wow… Where is my depth of faith

I am reading the book “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan and WOW. It is hard to describe the depth and simplicity that the book brings. Having attended seminary, we can talk about theology, TULIP, polity, worship, and a whole gaggle of other things but I was floored by what I read tonight.
“Lukewarm people do not [...]

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Chow Update

Its hard to imagine that I have been randomly sending these updates out for close to four years. These four years have been a journey to say the least. We could not have made it through this uphill walk without your prayers and support. Jenn and I are both grateful for your words of encouragement [...]

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