Have you ever felt so overcome in a situation where you froze up? Maybe you could not even get words out of your mouth to utter a prayer, or cry out? Your trouble could have felt so deep that even God seemed distant from it? SUDDENLY, a worship song pops into your thoughts and you…
Father’s Day
Many men see fatherhood through a personal, narrow lens of their own life experience. What they see is often distorted based on that experience. How many times have we heard someone say, “I won’t ever parent the way my father did.” I said that a few times. Or, “I parent the way I do because…
Full-Time Christian
I recently became a full-time Christian. Before you stop reading, please make sure to read on as it would not be good if people left reading this to believe the new Worship Pastor at Friendship Church only recently became a Christian. That’s not what I’m saying. In April, I joined Friendship Church full-time as Worship…
The Great Commandment Comes Home
“What happened to ALL my pans?” I still remember my mom’s flabbergasted question to my family after returning from an early January trip. She was about to prepare dinner and brought us all into the kitchen to give an account for the damage. My older sister and I looked sheepishly at each other and said,…
COVID-19 and Grief
As shelter in place lingers on and I have recently been checking in on people, there is a very common thread that is growing. Grief. Loss. Uncertainty. Fear. Depression. Doubt. But in the same conversation I also hear the other side. Hope. Joy. Faith. Trust. Belief. The current COVID-19 realities that we are living is…