Creating Community is today’s reading. I think one of my favorite phrases when it comes to our community of believers is “we’re doing life together“. THat’s really what community is. It’s a bunch of us being committed to each other, because of our commitment to Christ. This only happens over the long haul, as trust […]
This weekend is kind of crazy. The school we’re meeting at has a dance Saturday night, so we have to cancel our Sat. night service. I love it when God has us do something different to overcome a challenge, it keeps us fresh and creative.In order to get set-up done, here’s the schedule…
Saturday at 1:30 […]
This morning I was having a conversation with Paul Lewis, our Pastor To New Believers, and he was sharing how much this morning’s reading in the Purpose Driven Life had meant to him. So, I asked him to guest write today’s blog on the PDL. Enjoy Paul’s thoughts…
I love the red sandstone here in Arizona. […]
This Sunday we celebrate 6 years to the day that we started Palm Valley Church. What an incredible journey this has been! I love that God called Lori and I to start PVC. I’m pumped to be with our body this weekend as we celebrate!
One of the things only church planters really understand is how […]
We were made to belong. We were made for relationships. The focus of this is in the body of Christ, and visibly the local church. I’m a big fan of the local church, it’s the bride of Christ, He gave His life for it. I love what Bill Hybels has said, “the local church is […]
It’s all about love! 1 Corinthians 13 reminds us that love is essential to life. I liked the statement today, “the best expression of time is love, and the best time to love is now”.
Think about it, if we say we love someone, they should get our time. I love my wife, so I make […]
This week we begin talking about the fact that we “were formed for God’s family”. God made us to be in relationship with Him, but also to other’s in His family. Today really made me think about baptism.
Baptism is the declaration of my faith in Christ, I love thinking of baptism as “going public”. Too […]
As I’ve blogged recently, one of my great desires is to help church planters and other pastors become more effective. Some great men have helped me along the way, and I want to pass on what we’ve learned here at Palm Valley; the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Palm Valley really is an incredible […]
When God seems distant. As we close this week’s topic, which has been about worship, we wrestle with the greatest question we ask. Where is God in the pain? Has He left me? Does He care?
We all go through tough times in life, admittedly some experience worse than others. It’s at these times that we’re […]
As we talk about worship this week, I really am grieved that most Christians don’t get the fact that worship isn’t about what songs you sing, what instruments you’re using, or how old the songs are. Many Christians think we should only sing songs written in the 1800’s, as if that was the golden era […]
