Tuesday, December 30, 2008
This last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at Southlake Foursquare Church in West Linn, OR. This is a great church where God is working in a powerful way. It was fun to speak there and to run into some people from Timberlake who were visiting family in Oregon.
The thing that [...]
Thursday, December 25, 2008
This year was my families first Christmas back in Washington state. It also was the first time in my life I had a white Christmas – it was awesome. I think God used this snow to slow us down just enough to spend more time focusing on the importance of Christ’s birth and the reality [...]
Friday, December 19, 2008
I love Christmas time. I love the parties, I love the presents, I love the time with family, the memories and even the Santa thing (How many times in our culture do we celebrate fat old men). It’s good and I don’t think it has to take away from the true reason of the season [...]
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Blogs are like rummage sales, you have to go through a lot of junk to find a treasure. I not only write a blog, I also read a number of blogs. I want to share with you a few of my favorite recent blog posts, most of which are concerning church leadership. [...]
Saturday, December 6, 2008
One of the interesting trends that has taken place at Timberlake Church recently are the increasing number of people who are coming to the church but are not quite convinced about Jesus. In the last couple weeks I have had a number conversations with people who are attending the church but have [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
This year I am stuck. What should I buy my wife and kids for Christmas? I want it to be meaningful, useful and will not put me in the poor house. My daughters are 9 & 12 and my wife will kill me if I put her age. Any Suggestions?