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Need a Relationship Reset?

Smart phones can be a love / hate relationship for me. When you first get them they are super fast and everything normally works just the way you want them to. Click a button and boom your application is up and running. But what happens, is then you start to install more apps. You add…

You Are Worth It!

Living in the shadows of somebody who never sees you as being good enough really can take a toll on how you live your life. It can be manageable at first but then it gets harder to put up with. Before you know it, you are down, emotionally drained and want to give up on…

WHY ME?

The older I get the more I realize how hard this life can be. Things don’t always go according to plan and when things are really good, somebody is always there to stomp on your parade. Sometimes we even encounter things in life that can be a huge blow to us, like death or disease;…

Relationships are a Team Sport!

I absolutely love team sports. Just the idea of having to work with others to accomplish the same goal can turn into a fun challenge. The teams that do well are the ones that have the players that can learn how to adapt and work within each others strengths, while understanding their own. The greatest…

It not you, It’s me!

They seemed like such a perfect couple. They spent years building up this relationship and it just looked to be an example to what so many people longed for. Day after day things just got better and better. They were inseparable! Every waking hour they thought about each other and just wanted to spend all…

GET COMFORTABLE BEFORE YOU READ THIS!

How was your welcome? Did you feel comfortable enough when you came through our doors here at church? Do you need more room? Can I get you some water? Is the temperature in here ok with you? Did the preacher make you feel good today? I really hope you enjoyed your experience here and will…

The Cement Trance

I had been walking around downtown Wellington and noticed something really interesting. I think the people there love cement! Every person I was looking at, had their eyes fixed on looking down at this grey matter while moving with an extreme pace to an unknown destination. One by one, they would pass me by and…

Smoking at 5

As I was driving my blue bucket to drop off some of the kids from youth, I pulled up to the driveway and looked over to see a few kids standing there hanging out. One must have been around 3 and the other one around 5. They might have been a little confused considering they…

GONZ – New Zealand

In February 2014 I jumped the ditch from Australia to New Zealand to come over and help out with one of the local churches. When I got here, I was overwhelmed with all the help that they needed so prayed as to which direction I would go for the rest of 2014. I felt like…

Not good for man to be alone

With aging comes experiences and life lessons. The older I get the more I sit and contemplate this idea of living life. In the bible there is one scripture that is tossed around as a promise that every single person holds on to. “It is not good for man to be alone.” And then you…