In the second half of Followers at Hayward Wesleyan Church in 2019, I had decided to interact with stories of Jesus found in the Gospels in order to teach and demonstrate how Jesus showed people what God, his Father, was…
In my last year at HWC (2019) our after-school program Followers was interacting with stories that Jesus told people in order to learn what God is like. During the Junior Followers (grades K-2) teaching time we had one of those amazing…
From a Journal Entry Dated: June 24, 2012 I have no problem disciplining. I understand both the power and the difficulty inherent in correcting behavior and patterns—ultimately the heart. I’ve been doing this for a while, so I have a…
This experience happened in the spring of 2014 during a Wednesday night Youth Group at Hayward Wesleyan Church. One night at Youth group there was a 6th grade guy that got in trouble during a small group. Now small group…
The Story of Lazarus – John 11 Click here to listen to the entire message in an audio file, shared on Sunday, March 1, 2009. John chapter 11: Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the…
February 25, 2024 To whom it may concern, Five years ago I had the privilege and honor of joining the HACIL staff as the certified teacher for high school, and eventually middle school, social studies. It has truly been a…
In the fall of 2007, I started a graduate program at Bethel Seminary. While I eventually finished my master’s degree at another seminary, I am so thankful for my year and a half with the faculty at Bethel and my…
This was a message I preached on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at Hayward Wesleyan Church titled: Worship with the Mind. Parts of this message were inspired and quoted by a teacher I listened to quite frequently in the early days…
“Your teeth look good.” Whew… I mentally relaxed. I hadn’t been to the dentist in about 4 years. I was afraid of what the dental hygienist would say about my teeth. The fact that she commented pretty quickly that my…
I was asked to contribute a chapter to this book project back in 2014. It’s chapter 21 in Pulse: Pumping Life into Your Kids Ministry. I chose to write on something that I am pretty passionate about: Engaging children in…