Now and then I come across the negatives aspects social media can have on our culture. Often it gives people who have a bone to pick a voice. Or it gives people who should not open their mouth (keyboard) a voice. Or people say things they shouldn’t say out loud. Or they say things to [...]

The closest I got to a shopping mall yesterday was dropping Rose off for work. That was enough for me. College football won’t ever be better than pro football until they get a playoff system. Anytime you have to argue about who is best instead of watching it on the field, you have a flawed [...]

Since the blogosphere will be lit up with Thanksgiving Day posts tomorrow I thought I’d beat everyone by a day The past year has had its ups and downs for sure, but we definitely have a lot to be thankful for. Here’s what comes to mind: Jobs for both of us. Being financially able (barely) [...]

We’re all leaders in some capacity. Whether it be parenthood, workplace related, or  amongst friends, leadership is essentially influence. Each of us has influence in some way, whether it be big or small. I have been given a pretty large leadership responsibility at my job, and this year I’ve been extremely focused on intentionality. I’m [...]

Really looking forward to next week. I’ve worked too many over 50 hour work weeks in a row, and I need the break. The entire city of Portland is glad the Ducks are good this year because the Blazers will be lucky to make the playoffs after losing Oden and likely Roy soon too. Instead [...]

It is quite common for churches to dissolve or to hand over their building to another church they trust in their area. What is entirely uncommon is when 2 churches in a city join together to become one church. Through some friends I recently heard about 2 churches in the Phoenix area who are large, [...]