Life 2/23/08

Friday night I took my family to “John’s Incredible Pizza”. The place was rockin’ with neon flashing high energy games, loud noise, and all the mouth watering, delicious heart attack on a plate pizza you can eat! Yes, I had two pieces of pizza, sort of. They also had lots of all you can eat [...]

The Battle With Busyness 2/21/08

>Today I had a great lunch meeting with Rick Forester, chaplain of the Black Sheep motorcycle ministry. They have visited Sanctuary a couple times recently and they reach out to the Harley Davidson motorcycle community. I told Rick today that I could see Jesus riding a harley more than riding in a stretch limo with [...]

A One Year Old Dream 2/19/08

This past Sunday we celebrated our ONE year anniversary. For me, it was the one year birthday of a DREAM come true.
I carried the dream in my heart for many years… a church full of passion for Jesus, with a relentless mission of leading people into a growing relationship with Him. God breathed this dream [...]

Sunday Night Reflections 2/17/08

Wow… what a GREAT day! A year ago today the dream of Sanctuary became a reality. I thought that our first crack at doing two services was awesome.
> A BIG thanks to the set up “dream” team that came extra early and knocked themselves out getting everything ready for the 9A kickoff service. You guys [...]

Valentine’s Day 2/14/08

Last year I went all out on Valentines day. I bought Kirstin a diamond ring, went on a lunch date, and gave her a couple of romantic cards. This year she has the flu and I we did not do ANYTHING… ZIPPO! Hopefully she will feel better tomorrow, and we will go out for dinner.
Speaking [...]

Mars Hill Church 2/12/08

Mars Hills Church - Seattle, Wash. is having a leadership conf. that I am going to attend next week for a couple days. This year I want to hit 3-4 conferences and see what other churches are doing to reach people for Jesus Christ. I want to soak in as much as possible from as [...]

Stuff on my Mind…Sunday Night 2/10/08

I have some stuff on my mind…
> Today was great at Sanctuary. The best part for me was after the service, because
I love to meet our many first time guests. It was especially cool to see tons of people hanging out and visiting after the service. I have never seen so many people hang out [...]

Building Update/Serve Somebody 2/7/08

Today I had a meeting with the city of Calimesa and was joined by Chris Boatman, who attends Sanctuary. Chris works for the city of Redlands and is brilliant in knowing all the codes and right questions to ask. I mostly stood there and tried not to look too dumb. Chris asked questions with the [...]

Wednesday Night Reflections 2/7/08

My youngest son Jordan recently celebrated his 9′th birthday. He likes to tell his mom
she looks nice and often complements her, which never gets old for a mother. Not long ago, he elevated his complementing to new levels. We were having breakfast one school morning, and out of no where he sprung one on his [...]

My Bible Journey Reflections on Sin 2/4/08

I have never had to give any my three sons private sinning lessons. Is just comes
naturally! In fact, they are PROS at sinning! Amazing, I never had to teach them how to HIT one another! They never had to take a class on being disrespectful. I never had to tell them, “OK guys, let’s get [...]