Today I spent some time with one of the most incredible teams at Palm Valley Church: the office team. These dedicated gals do an incredible job setting the tone for our entire office. They answer phones, handle requests, assist the pastor, scramble to do whatever it takes for us to get the job done, and […]
I’m watching FoxNews special on Rick Warren and the Purpose Driven Life. I’m Tivo’ing it also, to watch later when I don’t have 4 kids on the bed with Lori and I
I’m often asked my opinion on Rick Warren; and not that my opinion should or does matter to him, but here’s my […]
I promised in my message today that I would provide some resources that families can use to have a devotional or Bible study time together. If you’re wanting to start this habit in your family, I commend you for wanting to help your kids know Christ as your family grows together. Here’s a list of […]
In my message today I talked about our family traditions; including making “Thunder Cakes” when the monsoons come to the desert each July. I had a lot of people ask, “what’s a thunder cake”?
So, in the interest of informing, here’s a link to buy the book Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. In short, it’s a […]
We’ve been doing Saturday nights for about a year and a half now. Everyone warned me that it’s nearly impossible to get Saturday going, but we felt strongly that God was leading us to try a new way to reach people who may not come on Sundays (work, family, football :),etc).
One of the things we’ve […]
It’s my firm belief that information does not change lives. If information is all we needed to change, we’d all stop eating junk food and start exercising.
Our discipleship ministries are built around this belief. We want to teach people the Bible, but also to help them apply the teaching for life change. This is […]
Traveling made this a very busy week. I’ve learned that even when I’m gone, everything still needs to get done around the church. I still have to prepare for the weekend.
Monday night was cool, we had dinner with our Celebrate Recovery leaders. They were in Orange County for the annual CR conference. It was cool […]
Traveled to Orange County last night with one of my boys. It’s pretty cool traveling with him, and we’re having tons of fun. There’s nothing like having some 1 on 1 father/son time!
Our Construction Team is out here and we’ll be touring some very cool church campuses like Saddleback Church and Mariners Church, as well […]
Man, it really seems like we’re hitting our stride at Palm Valley Church. Over the past few weeks I’ve really seen the level of many of our ministries being raised. Over the past few weeks God has sent tons of new visitors, most of whom don’t yet know Christ.
The Fresh Start ministry is awesome. Over […]
We had a sleep-over last night, so it’s pretty crazy in our house this morning. The kids stayed up until 1:00 am, and then were up playing at 6:00 am. How do they do that? I made the donut run this morning, and now it’s just hit me, it’s Saturday!
Saturday is different at our house, […]
