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It feels strange watching my wife play our shooting gallery wii game while I edit this blog post.


It feels strange watching my wife play our shooting gallery wii game while I edit this blog post.

Erika and I are sharing “Ten lessons in ten years” with the 55+ group at our church tomorrow. We’ll be telling stories from the first decade of our life together. Here’s #3: Don’t wait for the perfect time. The first few verses of Ecclesiastes 11 talk about not waiting until the right circumstances before planting,…

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Ever since taking my position as director of worship and the arts, Christmas Eve has meant “month-long frenzied extravaganza.” Every year our church puts on a large scale community worship service on Christmas Eve. That means that we rehearse a handful of times the week before Christmas. This year, 3 major winter storms…

I got a phone call at the church on Wednesday. An unfamiliar woman was looking for our congregational care pastor and was accidently redirected to my extension. She had an urgent prayer request for her daughter who was on her way to the hospital. She needed a miracle. The woman called me back at home…
Thanks to Alanna, our creative communications expert, HMC has started an online conversation about life, ministry, and anything else we choose to write about. In other words, we’ve started a blog. You can check it out by clicking here.

Am I getting old? It’s strange, I’ve always felt young. Maybe it’s because most other pastors weren’t born at the height of the disco era. Or maybe it’s because Erika and I chose to have our first child in our early twenties. Maybe it’s because most professionals, like Physicians, have always been older than me….

This evening I went on a date. Erika (my wife) had other plans so I asked her if I could ask another woman. She agreed. My companion was beautiful and charming. We talked about her best friend, dating, and our favorite foods. And before I knew it I told her I loved her. Maybe it’s…