the occasional blogger

you might be asking…  

what is up with the whole occasional blogger thing?

Well it goes something like this. 

I have this constant debate going on with myself where I question this whole idea of putting thoughts out there on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. I wonder what our lives would be like if we never had these little outlets for some of the random crap that we shoot out into cyberspace.  I don't want it to be a documentary of my boring life. I don't want it to be someone who tells everyone what to do from an "arm-chair" quarterback position. I don't want it to be so fluffy and ambiguous that no one goes away thinking about things.  

I would rather plant campuses, churches, minster to folk, design passably cool stuff and one day people really want to hear what I have to say… or maybe that never happens… perhaps I just serve Jesus, share the Gospel and go to be with Jesus with no notoriety. However it happens I am okay with it. 

What I decided is that on occasion I like to put stuff out there that touches me. Once in a while there is something really weak and silly that needs to be exposed for being weak and silly, so on occasion I might throw down on that. Most of all I want to be constructive and challenging to me and to others. I want to be authentic and fight against all the pretense that seems to be rampant in the church nowadays. Let's be honest folks… 

So occasionally blogs will happen and I hope you'll stop by occasionally to read. 

 

who am I and where did I come from? 

Easy… 

I grew up on the West Coast of Canada. 

My dad is a church planter and pastor. My earliest memories are of ministry. I'm in the family business. 

I graduated from a Christian college in California with a Bachelors Degree. My work experience is mainly in media for litigation and a nice variety of church related roles. 

My siblings and I are all part of churches in some capacity. I am a campus pastor and creative director, my brother leads worship in our church, my sister-in-law is the drummer. My sister and her husband are music directors at a church in the Washington DC area. My dad and mom still lead a church in the Vancouver area of Canada. 

One year ago I was asked to join the church planting team of a church being planted in Southlake TX, a suburb of Dallas. At the time I had no idea what God would do… one year later I am glad I came on board. I do a lot with productions, administration and I lead a home group and preach sometimes. I live in Trophy Club, TX -I like to ride four-wheelers, shoot guns, spend time with my family and eat good food. 

 

where am I going? 

Being totally honest - I am not sure. I am just gonna stick with the gospel, our church and the ministry. I absolutely love what I do and have a passion to see this thing blow up so big that people scratch their heads and go "that must be a God thing." I have dreams of seeing our church grow, other churches and campuses being planted all over and God doing uncommonly awesome things. Honestly I think it spoils the fun to plan too far out… God has proven He likes to surprise me! 

 

my top songs right now 

"To the God of Victory" by The Village Church  

"Freedom is here" by Hillsong United 

"Your love is strong" by Robbie Seay Band 

"Hide Away in the Love of Jesus" by Sovereign Grace Music 

"Blessed be Your Name" by Matt Redman 

 

what I'm reading 

They like Jesus but not the church by Dan Kimball 

Rework by Jason Friedman and David Heinemeier Hansson