Random Thoughts…

#1 I am so looking forward to Sunday that I cannot contain myself. The service is going to be one of our best ever, and we are doing something special for the baby dedications. Hopefully the dude giving the message won’t fumble and punt the day away.
#2 I have seen this past year that God [...]

Top Things on My Mind

The top 4 things on my mind today…
(1) HANDS OF MERCY - I have been running into people EVERYWHERE who are a part of Hands of Mercy. My son Forrest is going to Mexico to be a part of a team that is going to build a home this weekend with HOM.
I was in a [...]

Top Things On My Mind

Our family is having a great time at the beach. Today we hit Corona Del Mar beach and did the tide pools, dug a huge hole in the sand, and built an elaborate sand fortification to withstand the oncoming waves. (The waves won).
I like to take reflective walks on the beach, and have taken many [...]

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 [...]

Stuff on my Mind… 1/29/08

My two older sons play travel club soccer and this means that, “You don’t have a life”. There are never ending, year round practices and games… except when it rains… to which I am reminded, “There is a God in Heaven!”.
A few things on my mind…
1. NO SUPERBOWL MONDAY MEETING Feb. 4′th! It was cancelled [...]

Things on my Mind 1/24/08

Today I went to Redlands Christian School to watch a soccer game and visited with some of the parents. Just about everywhere I go, people ask about Sanctuary and seem to have heard about the church.Today I talked with a man who does a worship band with Harvest of Riverside. He asked about the church [...]

Things on my Mind/Random Thoughts 1/16/08

> Sanctuary Birthday: We are going to two services on our one year birthday, Feb. 17′th. This is a step of faith as we are trusting God for more people to step up in service. All aboard!
I am amazed every day as God has done an amazing work… I still cannot believe it.
> Paradox is [...]

Things on my Mind 12/14/07

I have a number of things on my mind today…
(1) THE NEW SANCTUARY WORSHIP Cd… will be available on Sunday! We recorded our first worship service live and then added some original recordings. There is one love song to Jesus entitled, “With Your Love”. This song melts my heart every time I listen to it. [...]

Top Ten Thoughts on my Mind 11/26/07

Today I lunch with a doctor friend who is a Christ follower. We talked about music and he shared his concerns about his church doing contempory worship music. He asked me my opinion. I told him that I think it takes many different types of music to reach many different types of people. Some churches [...]

Top Five Things on My Mind - 10/26/07

This has been a brutal week for our state. In times like this, it is good be reminded that God is for us and not against
us and nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ… neither tribulation nor distress nor horrific fires in California.
Our hearts go out to the thousands of people facing hardships [...]