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Part of maintaining long term employment is loving what you do. In ministry it can be challenging. The average pastor remains at a given church between 3-5 years and while I was doing a Small Group Workshop in New Jersey last week I heard that the average Youth Pastor only sticks around for 19 months! [...]

I got to catch up with some old friends this past Sunday. Harry and Dee Riggs came to visit CCV after dropping their daughter off to college this weekend. It was great to see them again and I took the time as an opportunity to catch up. I thoroughly enjoyed having their family attend our [...]

It seems it wasn’t hard for Bill Maher to find some crazy Christians for his mockumentary on religion. Click below to view the trailer: Any thoughts about the video you just saw?

I have a great amount of respect for Gene Appel. After his short visit here a couple of months ago, I look forward to seeing how God uses his leadership gifts in the future. Recently Gene accepted a position at Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, California. At a dinner meeting with him, here at CCV, [...]

I just got an email today from Dave Treat over at the Willow Creek Association. They are allowing my readers to register for the Group Life Conference at a DISCOUNTED RATE!!! Regular price is $365 for WCA members and $385 for non-members. However if you call in, or register online, and use this priority code [...]

My friend Andy is a missionary in Muldova and recently wrote a post that made me think about living with a greater sense of awareness. I need to be more aware of my family, my coworkers, our volunteers, and people in our community that we are called to serve. Here is what Andy recently wrote: [...]

We have had a nice visit so far with Shelli’s family up here in Montana. Michael has a blast goofing off and wrestling with his Auntie Lori. It is nice to get away and relax with family and be yourself. They all love the kids and the boys are having a great time being the [...]

Time is flying by and I can’t believe the Group Life Conference is just a couple of months away. I am looking forward to participating in the forum on social media and group life. Below is the video promo for the conference. Click here to take a look.

I had the privilege of doing the wedding for my Father-in-law John Dawsey and his new wife Donna. It was an honor to perform the wedding for a family member and thrilled to be able to get out this way to do it for them. As you can tell from their photo on the left, [...]

I am sitting out on my Mother-in-law’s deck in Montana reflecting and resting after our very intense summer at CCV. Before coming up here to visit Shelli’s family my parents came for a visit the weekend before and my Dad took me out for breakfast. I don’t know if my Dad knows how much those [...]