Article: Discipleship

Its been several weeks since I wrote an article and a lot has happened since my last article. I moved from Northern California to Las Vegas, NV.  I returned to Community Lutheran Church to serve as their Senior Pastor. (I was once an Associate Pastor at CLC. I got a promotion!) Rachel my wife had…

11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will…

Have you ever heard about the Christmas truce that occurred during World War I? The fields of Flanders were no place to be on Christmas Eve in 1914. The air was cold and frosty, of course, because it was winter, and things were very quiet.  Thousands of British, French, Belgian and German troops were dug-in…

There is one thing we do every week as the church… we worship. It may be the most important activity we engage in. For some of us, it may be the only church related activity we participate in all week. Why is worship so important? Theologians of every age have defined the act of worship…

Yes, we are now in the unknown season of Advent. Most of the world is already in the season of Christmas but not us! Most of the mainline Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church get ready for Christmas by entering into the season of Advent. Advent literally means the “arrival of an important person…

Maybe you have seen this online recently… but if you haven’t I wanted to share this with you. What I am also saying is this was not an original thought! Honestly I am not that sharp to catch subtleties like this. Maybe that is why I like magic shows, I can never figure out how…