Disclaimer: These are just my personal thoughts and something I derived from my church planting experiences.  I’m not claiming that this is from the Bible, but this is something I am processing.  However, all because something isn’t  exactly in the Bible doesn’t mean that...

I wish I had some more time to unpack this, but I know I need to keep blog post short and not be a long winded pastor…lol But, here it is: I don’t want a better life. Through taking personal inventory in my life and helping others through counseling, I’ve found that when the...

One tool that a leader should never use is manipulation. I can’t say that as a leader the temptation of using your authority for personal advance isn’t there, but we need to fight it at all cost. Manipulation happens when we use our cunning skills or authority against another...

Genesis 2:5b-6 says: “For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.” When there was no one to till and water the soil, God provided a mist to take care of...

A couple years ago, I was praying about some things and God put on my heart to start a church. Initially, I rejected the idea, accepted it, and then rejected it again. Fast forward to now and after much wrestling, I have to tell you that God has won this battle… He always does… I...

1 Cor. 13:11 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Teens usually have this “forever young” mentality that gives them the idea that they could leave so many things undone...