Whew! Finally, after purchasing this new play structure from Rainbow Play Systems back in the middle of June, and the slow-going construction that followed… I am proud to say that the structure is now complete. I had to fix one of the tarps that decided to almost blow off yesterday, but it is in working/playing […]
Your kid’s an All Star? Wow! Someday he’ll be average like the rest of us. The link above does a fantastic job of talking about apathetic faith and passing that apathy down to our kids by the things we do (and don’t do).
The reality of God is that the heavens declare the glory of God. No matter if I believed God existed or not, the weight/glory of God exists all around us. A concept of God is my thinking about God through my human lens, which may or may not truly reflect what the “reality of God” […]
Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah encounters the Lord in his temple. Pretty wild stuff! This past Monday night, Heath Davis talked about this passage of Scripture in relation to the “Blessing of Holiness.” During his teaching he described glory as the weightyness […]
The other day I checked on Pastor Heath Davis’ blog and read his most recent post. Wow. Maybe because I interact with computers a lot, but the metaphor he used in reference to the Gospel as an entirely new operating system for our life instead of just a program you install on your current operating […]
I’ve been reflecting on my life lately… well not lately, I reflect all the time! I’m an external processor, which means when I’m in conversation with people, they don’t receive any canned, or pre-planned answers or thoughts, they get raw and uncensored Jeremy (well…kind of censored!). When people have asked me how I am doing […]
When I was driving the girls to the airport yesterday for their flight to Spokane, Sari asked about Christmas time: “When is Christmas?” “Not for another 3 months, Sari.” “But I want Christmas now!” she tells us. “Nothing we can do, honey. We’ll make sure you don’t miss it when it comes.” She’s quiet for […]
Things had been going so well for Joshua and the Israelites. They had conquered a mighty city (Jericho) by walking around the city and obeying the LORD! It seemed like nothing could stop them. The only thing that could stop them was SIN. Achan, an Israelite man, decided to take some things from Jericho… …something […]
I don’t recommend this, but it was sure fun! This past weekend we had our first Followers Adventure Outing here at the church. Angie Lundsten and her husband, Tigger, came up with some amazingly messy and creative “activities” to play. One activity was a bowlful of chocolate-soaked, maple-syrup-dipped, rubber bands and a subsequent rubber band […]
I’m always thinking about ways to “teach” using traditions (things we do every week on purpose). Every week in Main Street (HWC’s children’s ministry on Sunday morning) we sing a couple of songs, celebrate birthdays from the week before and the coming week, relay any necessary announcements, chat and see how things are going with […]
This past Sunday, September 12, 2010 in Main Street, we continued our storying through the Bible in the book of Joshua. the Israelites were on the cusp of entering the promised and are poised at the Jordan River. They had already spied out the land and are ready to enter it. The LORD guided the […]
@ msy YOUTH this past Wednesday, we watched this hilariously funny video from The Skit Guys to illustrate and teach about “The Fall” = sin. Click on the link below to watch the video: Adam & Eve Video via The Skit Guys
Main Street | Sunday, September 5, 2010 | Year 2 – Week 1 | Rahab and the Spies source Vimeo
Sunday, September 5, 2010, in Main Street, we kicked off the school year with the continuation of the Bible stories from last year. At the end of the school year (back in May) we left the Israelites on the edge of the Promised Land (Canaan). Moses had just given his “going away” speech, because was […]
It’s Sunday afternoon. I’m at home. All the girls are sleeping (Mom and the kids). It’s really quiet. In moments like this, I try to remember what life was like before Amanda and I had kids. Our house is typically not this quiet when we are home. However, before we had kids, it was this […]
Back 2 School Bash @ Hayward Wesleyan Church on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 for middle school and high school students. source YouTube
This past Sunday in Main Street (grades 1-6), the story was covering the second half of Exodus: Israelite complaining, receiving the Law (10 Commandments) and their charter as a nation, etc. Kathy Baker talked the students through the various stories quite well. Then we put the 10 Commandments up on the screen and had the […]
Last night Macie was coloring with markers at the table, and we weren’t watching her (usually she’s fine). Amanda was in the bathroom doing something with Sari and Macie went in there, too. Amanda started laughing hysterically and sent Macie to see me in the living room. It was really funny! For the next hour […]
A couple days ago, Sari and I were searching for a movie that Amanda wanted to watch. At one of the video stores in Hayward, there is a big gumball machine right when you walk in. Sari gravitated toward this colorful object and said: “Hey Dad! When my teeth get bigger, can I have one […]
Back in April, I was asked to come in and meet with a ministry at our church called Mentoring Future Families. This is a strategic outreach for single parents (typically women) and their children. They serve a meal, then there is a babysitter for the kids and the moms go and talk about stuff (i.e. […]