Dear Friends, For the past eleven months, my mother-in-law Nancy has been in hospice care. It’s the result of a battle with Alzheimers that she’s been fighting for many years now. Having gone through hospice care with my own mom when she was battling cancer, I knew what the eventual outcome would be. No one recovers from hospice care. And this week we have been reminded of that fact, as the nurses have told the family that we are entering the final days of Nancy’s life. As yo

Dear Friends, This week I've been reminded of how important it is to daily rely on God. The reminder came as I found myself in the middle of a busy week, with lots of challenging things going on, and my ability to handle those things was limited. So as I tried to navigate through these things that are way above my pay grade, and as I became more and more aware that I wasn’t able to do what I needed to do, I was reminded of how much I need to daily ask God for His strength and

Dear Friends, This past Sunday our church marked it's one year anniversary in our new location. And while we didn’t have a big celebration, the significance of the date has left me thinking a lot about all that's happened in this past year. As I’ve remembered all that God has done, I’ve noticed that my overall sense of thankfulness has increased. It’s not that I wasn't thankful before, it's just that focusing specifically on what God's been doing has brought my thankfulness t

Dear Friends, This morning I had a conversation about Ephesians 2:10 with some guys I know. If you're not familiar with that passage, here’s what it says: “For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” This is one of my favorite Bible verses, because it describes how God created us, and how He thinks of us. We are His masterpiece. And I love that title because it describes something that ha