The Divine Crash

Saturday I took a bunch of youth to a christian rock concert.  We didn’t get back until 2am.  I still preached this morning, after 3 hours sleep.  I was/am exhausted and my voice is shot.  However, this morning my District Superintendent came to visit and hear my sermon.  Suddenly I was wide awake and [...]

My average sermon is 22minutes.  I have once preached 35 minutes and my shortest is 8 but usually around 22 minutes.  I spend months preparing and I already have sermon series planned through June.  My goal is to preach the entire Bible before I retire.  I pray for each sermon that each person would [...]

Today my family took our regularly scheduled trip to the Family Christian Bookstore.  As a pastor I get an automatic 20% off every time I go (if you are a pastor you should ask for this discount).  As a pastor I am fairly certain there is some unspoken law that says all pastors must do [...]

This weeks sermon continued the truth series and we talked about truth and the truth of God.  You can listen to the sermon down below or subscribe on iTunes.

Dear Jesus, I knew they would be coming and I knew it would be difficult.  I know I could have studied more and I know I should work harder.  Forgive me for not working as hard I should have, please guide my pen and no matter the grade may you be praised.  Help me [...]

For the past few years (yes, literally years) I have been playing a Facebook game, Mafia Wars.  This game is hosted by Zynga and played through your Facebook identity.  According to here Zynga made 270 Million dollars.  Mafia Wars is the largest game on Facebook and has more players than any other game.  I have [...]

This week’s sermon is about the truth of Jesus.  Often our world is thrown into Chaos and is disrupted by something as simple as a phone call or as complex as a doctor.  The truth is Jesus never changes and in the midst of ambiguity and chaos Jesus holds the whole world and even you. [...]

Shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday I found myself in constant knee pain, sudden snoring, and constant heartburn.  Then I was on a scale and realized that I had gained quite a bit of weight.  In the last year I had gained nearly 30 pounds.  Probably from a combination of sitting all day in class and [...]