My church is in the midst of a search for a teaching pastor after all the changes we’ve undergone in the last year. Luckily we’re working with a national search firm to help us in the difficult endeavor of finding someone who not only will be a good fit for Sunset, but will also lead [...]

Even as a Nebraska football fan, I am not, in any way, looking forward to watching them play Penn State on Saturday morning. There are moments when sports are the last thing that should go on and this would be one of them. I’m still hoping they cancel the game. 1. Rachel Held Evans is [...]

Over the weekend I’m going to be doing some writing about traditional values and I could definitely use your help. Specifically I’m processing what traditional values have been thrown away by our culture, while looking at what the value was behind them. Here’s the questions… What would you consider to be some traditional values? (Some [...]

When I started working with the student ministry worship team 2 years ago I walked into a ministry of overused student volunteers. What I mean by that is the team worked together to help produce 2 programs every week, both middle school and high school. They had little experience with being a part of a [...]

Seasonal depression is a very real thing that effects so many every winter. Being that we rolled the clocks back yesterday, I would imagine that for many the hardest months are up ahead with it getting dark in Portland at close to 4pm on some days. A Fox News article I read described seasonal depression [...]

I’ve been reading David Santistevan’s blog for a while now. He focuses very well on worship and leading worship in the local church on his blog. I’ve found it to be a good space to be challenged and to process some of my triumphs and struggles as a worship leader. This week he put out [...]