Making Disciples – Matheteuo
Matthew 28:16-20 Click here to listen to the entire message in an audio file, shared on Sunday, October 12, 2014 I’m going to throw a lot at you today. I want to say I’m sorry, but I’m actually not. Because this…
Jeremy
Parable of the Two Lost Sons and the Gracious Father
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…
People Are More Important Than Jobs
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…
Discipline Not Getting Through? Try Playing
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…
My Interaction w/ a Disruptive 6th Grader
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…
Open the Eyes of My Heart
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…
HACIL Resignation
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…
Philosophy of Children and Family Ministries
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…
Restless Sunday Syndrome
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…
The Gospel of Flossing
“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…