Lent has traditionally been focused on by Roman Catholics. But there is change occurring, as more Protestants are welcoming these traditions to become a part of their faith journey. I have never participated in Ash Wednesday or Lent. I didn’t grow up doing so and haven’t felt a push from the Holy Spirit to begin [...]

I’ve been a huge fan of the Olympics since I was a kid. I loved how we created heroes out of people who hardly made any money at what they did. I loved how people competed for their countries rather than for themselves or for their professional teams. I loved how everyone you knew was [...]

Spend some time on Facebook and look at the religious views of many and you will quickly learn that there is a trend to be a “Christ Follower,” “Follower of Christ,” or “Follower of Jesus” rather than a “Christian.” You might be asking why… I think this is something common in the younger generations who [...]

As I said on Saturday, I spent my entire weekend (Friday through Monday) with about 100 middle schoolers. The worship team and I led for 5 different times of worship and we even did a little bit of a fireside worship time late Sunday night. I remember when I started leading worship in student ministries [...]

Yes I know today is Valentine’s Day. I don’t care much about that because today is Rose’s birthday. The sad part is that today I will get one short phone conversation with her because of being at winter camp. There isn’t any cell phone coverage at the camp. If you know Rose please be sure [...]

I’m in the outer parts of Estacada, Oregon this weekend. I’ve been here since yesterday for Wildfire’s (Sunset’s middle school ministry) winter camp. There are 5 different programs over the entire 4 day camp that I’ll be helping lead along with a team of 8 students and one adult in the band, vocals, and tech [...]