If you could go back in time and tell me 3 or 4 years ago that I would march in a #BlackLivesMatter rally I would have said “you lost your freaking mind!” I may have even said “Don’t you know all lives matter?” I have never been overtly racist, but Read more…
On Thursday I cleaned out my office at MCC and turned over the keys. The past week has been bitter sweet knowing that today, my final day on staff, was coming quickly. I have loved being part of such an amazing church family and it’s hard to imagine leaving, but Read more…
COVID-19 seems to have been a wakeup call bringing attention to how much we are relying on China to supply items we need. We are also learning how little we can trust the Chinese government. Stories are coming out now of America not being able to get simple medical supplies Read more…
We did our first Facebook Live on March 20th at 9 pm. Our next week be March 27 again at 9 pm.
Welcome to ‘Merica where we draw lines on everything and you have to be on one side or the other. Pro-vacs/Anti-vacs, Pro-Life/Pro-choice, Republican/Democrat…FREAKING OUT OVER COVID-19/Making fun of people for freaking out. Maybe for this one (and many of the others), we find a balance. I’m not coming at this Read more…
Have you ever taken the time to look around and figure out what things are holding your kids back? What is keeping them from taking risks that will let them learn? Maybe an even more cutting question would be; who is doing things for them and preventing them from learning? Read more…
As a family we love visiting Washington DC and while there we often visit the MLK memorial. One of my favorite little known facts about this great civil rights leader is that in April 1963 he spelled out a radical strategy to change culture. Originally in his book, Why We Can’t Read more…
The date was December 26th, 2008 and I was very new to youth ministry, fortunately, one of our volunteer youth leaders was raised in the youth ministry and willing to help. An all-nighter outreach was coming up she Stef and I meet to plan out the night together. After spending Read more…
Last night was Morgantown Community Church‘s Grow Team Banquet. This years’ theme was Nine 23, which will come up later. Stef runs the event and was at the door greeting people as they came in. We knew she was getting close and had been having contractions all day but we Read more…
Choosing a baby name is hard. It’s a pretty permanent decision and if you think about it, how many people do you know who love their entire name? We all have that friend that goes by their middle name and won’t tell anyone their first name. Likewise, there are people Read more…