Great gathering at The Orchard tonight. Loved hearing from our guest speaker Mark Miller tonight.
I’ve learned when listening to speakers that if something catches your ear, eye, or heart, run with it and don’t worry about getting all the other points written down. Went there tonight. Mark was talking about how we can make “God [...]
Archive for the ‘growth’ Category
12 Jul
A new discipline?
22 Apr
Just For Today
Inspired by this post from Los Whittaker, I remembered a prayer I had printed on a bookmark years ago when I attended Al-Anon, a 12-step recovery group for families of alcoholics. It began a changed life in me. I’ve been craving it lately and finally decided to track it down again. Hope it speaks to [...]
26 Oct
Forward to normal?
Yesterday, I got to thinking about how life changes. I was feeling that disruptions seem to be coming at us one after another. Some bigger than others.
Changes in how our family operates, how we relate to one another or others, how we live our lives day to day. Seems whenever we are directed through a [...]
24 Sep
If you have your bibles…
I’ve been reading the letters of the New Testament via bibleplan.org. Today I read Rom 2 and was blown away by verses 17-21. I’m so NOT a bible teacher but I can give a little context. Paul is writing to the church in Rome. See details in Romans chapter 1. He is laying out the [...]
11 Sep
Time with Jesus. Or not.
Thanks to the Upper Room for posting prayer as a lost art. We’re currently talking about spiritual practices at the Orchard and just recently talked about how we can spend time with Jesus in a meaningful way. I don’t think this is what God had in mind…
8 Sep
I love church
I’m seriously ignoring my goal of floor cleaning by writing this morning. I just needed to get back to the blog. So, back to my title, “I love church”.
Had an awesome experience yesterday at church. Served this weekend in Wahabu Land (the land of God’s love) with the K-5th graders. I get to lead [...]
11 Aug
The morning after
Well here I am, coming up out of the water yesterday at my baptism. OK, my and 130+ others’ baptisms! What a great day. Kids had a ball on the huge inflatable slide, crawl-thru caterpillar, face painting and balloon creations. 5Bs BBQ laid out an awesome spread of BBQ chicken and pork chops. Ashton [...]
7 Aug
I’m goin’ in!
A little while ago I mentioned I was thinking about getting baptized. Well, I’m doing it. This Sunday, August 10 at the Orchard’s awesome BBQ & Baptism pary. Here’s why.
I became a believer in Jesus in March of 1989. I grew up in faith at a church that at the time, didn’t do full immersion [...]
29 Jun
Why Courage?
Had a great day at The Orchard. Scott was talking to us about courage and taking a step forward in our relationship with Jesus Christ. The whole message was awesome on a number of levels but his first couple lines kind of stuck and then led me down a rabbit trail. Sorry Scott, I did [...]
10 May
Victory over gravity
Maddie and JD learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels this past Tuesday. While mom was away, Dad took on the task. Maddie asked Daddy to remove the training wheels. By the time I got home 30 minutes later, she had it. JD then wanted to do it too. He’d been afraid to [...]
