About

Eric Wakeling

Eric Wakeling is a 33 year old guy living in Tustin, California. After 15 years in youth ministry, he now serves as the Executive Pastor of Ministry at Calvary Church in Santa Ana. He is married to a wonderful woman named Bea, and they have two children. His passions are leading people to simple, creative, and effective ministry while having fun doing it. He is constantly questioning why we say and do certain things in the church and will also argue Fantasy Football and Baseball with anyone.

Recent Content

Vacation Update

I haven’t been blogging much lately. I do think that Twitter is part of the problem. It sort of uses the part of me that needs to blog. I don’t want to stop twittering, but I also want my blogging to be better. I also think that summer is part of the problem too. Routines [...]

Basket of Veg

I actually stole this picture from Daiana. I stole it because we unpacked our whole basket and then thought, “OH MAN, we should have taken a picture. it’s beautiful.” But this is exactly what our basket looked like with some green beans and basil too. This is a really cool thing that Erin got us [...]

Preaching Today on “Should Christians Drink?”

This should be interesting because it’s such a polarizing issue in the Christian community. People who think you shouldn’t can get really worked up about it. People who think it’s fine to drink think that those who don’t are judgmental Pharisees which is a totally judgmental Pharasaic thing to do. Anyways, I’m looking forward to [...]

Red Sox vs. Angels Tonight!

Tonight I get to go to the Angels vs. Red Sox game with my good friend Matt Davis. We will be celebrating Shabbat while at the game. I made a joke about Challah Hot Dogs the other day and then Matt said that he would be bringing the food tonight and that got me excited. The [...]

Random Thoughts

1. Izzy is supposed to get her cone off today. I’m seriously looking forward to that and I know she is too. 2. I’m going to our Elder Meeting tonight - always interesting. 3. Kevin and I put up some nice blinds in our family room last night. They look beautiful and we needed something to block [...]

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