The Divine Crash

 The other morning my day started off very poorly.  I managed to spill an entire glass of water on my Macbook Pro. I immediately shut it off and dried it off.  It appeared perfectly fine.  I let it air dry for a little while and turned it back on.  It turned on fine with no [...]

Today I was in a parade.  It was an awesome parade. I also got to ride in a Mustang Convertible, with my name on it, and throw candy at small children.  After that I was ushered to the band stand and given the ability to make a speech and lead the town in prayer.  For [...]

Today was the my first Sunday in the pulpit of Harrisville UMC.  So the best way I know to start a ministry is to echo the words of Moses and the words of Jesus “Hang on….God is on your side and God is doing something.”
As always you can download the podcast on iTunes or at [...]

Recently my internet went out. So I am forced to use the internet on my 3G iPad which is great for small thing but there are still something I just can’t do. One of them is upload my sermon audio to this blog. So please enjoy the notes from my last sermon [...]

Today, I was packing my boxes for my upcoming move and I found a journal I kept before I started seminary.  I was never good at keeping journals and have even gone months between entries (I am amazed at how well I have done with this blog).  As a result I sat down to [...]

Having children has turned me into a giant weeping baby.  Before I had my children I could watch any show ever and I was tough as nails and didn’t cry…..Ever.
But now, if I see any sitcom, drama, movie, infomercial or musical that involves a child getting hurt I cry like such a baby.  I sit [...]

So, I learned a lot at seminary.  I had a great time and feel that my ministry will be better because of it. However, as a new graduate I wanted to share what I felt was the most important knowledge from my education.  Feel free to listen to the audio and even download the sermon [...]

For my son’s birthday he got a fish tank.  He is three, so really I take care of it but it is still his.  When we bought it we also got a few things to put in the tank. A ship, some plants, a treasure chest, and some fake coral.  My son loved the tank [...]