Archive for October, 2007

Love Languages

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

 I’m a big fan of Gary Chapman’s best selling book, “The Five Love Languages“. As I talked about this weekend, this book really helped Lori and I develop our communication in marriage. Early on, we just weren’t communicating love well, no matter how hard we tried.
 
Here’s a startling revelation: men and women are different.  Our […]

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Weekend Reflections

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

This has probably been my favorite marriage series we’ve ever done. I’ve enjoyed just hitting some main ideas and giving people food for thought as they leave. I really feel we’ve helped people connect with the living Word of Scripture, and we’re seeing marriages changed because of it. Here’s some thoughts from the past weekend…

It […]

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7 “C’s” to Fighting Fair

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

It’s inevtiable in marriage that you’re going to have disagreements. One of the keys in marriage is finding out how to communicate through the issues so that you end up even closer to each other than when you began. Last weekend I talk about communication being a unifier in your relationship, and I wanted to […]

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crazy funny

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Today in services we showed one of the funniest videos of all time. Here’s some background…
Last year my dad moved his mother (my grandma) to Phoenix, and into a retirement community. It has been a great move for her, and she loves her new home. The management asked my dad to give a quote about […]

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Pitfalls Of Marriage

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Okay, here’s the deal. As we continue the series “Your Best Marriage Ever”, I need your help preparing next week’s message, “Avoiding Common Pitfalls“. So here’s your chance to contribute to the development of a message, and to help me hit the issues that people are really dealing with.
Question: “What are the common pitfalls marriages […]

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I’m Pumped

Friday, October 26th, 2007

I’m pumped about this weekend, ton of cool stuff going on…

We’re sponsoring 1,000 families for thanksgiving through Phoenix Rescue Mission. We finished our boxes tonight, excited to take them to the picnic tomorrow. I love seeing my kids get excited about helping others. Lori and I are really trying to instill the value of compassion […]

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Pre-school

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

I’m often asked if I know of any good daycare’s/preschool’s in the area. I know it’s a major concern for a lot of parents. Well, I happen to know of a great one. If you’re looking for care for your child, check out…
Great Leaps Preschool
This school was started by two incredible gals, Heidi Gray and […]

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Praying

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Join with me in praying for so many affected by the fires in California. With over 1,000,000 people displaced you know there’s a lot of hurt right now. Let’s pray together for the safety of those fighting these fires, and for the quick return to life as normal as possible for those who have suffered […]

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Weekend Reflections

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I know I’m late on weekend reflections, but my computer crashed Sunday, so I’ve been working the old school way. Thanks to Darius for the use of his laptop today! Here’s some thoughts from the weekend…

the new environments are awesome. We basically doubled the space in every one of our kids areas, giving us areas […]

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What A Weekend

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Man, God was obviously at work this weekend at Palm Valley Church. I hear that 14 people went to the Fresh Start table, inviting Christ into their lives. Here’s some other highlights…

The Student Ministries moved to their new environments and times, and I hear it was off the hook. The game room was a huge […]

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