Welcome! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe via e-mail and stay up to date with new posts. Thanks for visiting!The Summer Olympics have begun and most of the world will spend the next several days watching some of the most dedicated and well-trained athletes on the face of [...]

The other night at Quest, part of our discussion was about communion. I asked the question, “Can we have a sense of joy when we take communion or must it be a somber event?” I’ve wondered this to myself at times. It often seems that communion is a somber occasion. I understand that, we are [...]

Vacation season is upon us! This of course means day trips, house projects, sleeping in late, staying up late, and a variety of other activities designed to get our minds off of work and everyday life. Unfortunately for some it also means taking a break from our relationship with God. Sometimes when on vacation we [...]

Perhaps you’ve seen the news about an Amazon tribe that is believed to have never had contact with the outside world. If not, click here to read the story
This amazing discovery got me thinking about all of the people that are in this world that have not only never been touched by the outside, [...]

And God said …
Read Genesis 1 and you’ll see that the creation of the world came about as a result of God’s Voice. God brought about life in the beginning through His Voice. All God had to do was speak and things like light, water, sky, and land came into being. The natural world [...]

Revival is something we desperately need. But do we simply sit back and wait for God to hopefully give it to us? OR is there a role we play in the renewal of our souls?

I would like to begin a series of posts/discussions on the “spiritual disciplines” for the purpose of learning together how we as Christians do as 1 Peter 3:18 says “grow in grace”.
Over the next months I’d like to discuss the various practices and exercises that we can “do” that help us in the process of [...]

As you know, we just celebrated Easter - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus is alive!
Jesus’ resurrection has strong implications for those that believe in Him:
Romans 6:5-14
"If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old [...]

This is from a short devotional I gave at a recent ministry leadership meeting
What does it mean to “do life together with Jesus”? What does it mean for the individual and what does it mean for ministry?

1 Thessalonians 2:8 says:
“So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not [...]

How do you “define” discipleship?
At a recent retreat we (the ministry team at Calvary) came up with this working definition for discipleship as we move forward into the new year and into changing times:
Discipleship - Doing Life Together With Jesus.
Simple, yet broad.
Here is how we break it down:
Doing - Discipleship is active, not passive.
Life - [...]