1. The antidote to uncertainty is not certainty. The antidote to uncertainty is confidence. “Con” = with. “Fides” = Faith. Confidence = with faith. That was from Barry Corey. 2. I need to build an altar to God when I go somewhere in my life. This is a figurative, spiritual thing and the stones of my [...]

Man Camp begins today. There will be about 150 men up at Palomar Camp with Dr. Barry Corey, President of Biola University, as our speaker. It should be a fun time of men being men, learning about God, spending time in solitude with the Lord, worshiping, eating, shooting guns, and having an awesome time. Please [...]

Man Camp is coming up this weekend and it is going to be amazing. We have Dr. Barry Corey, President of Biola University, as our speaker. We have our amazing musicians from Calvary Church leading worship. We also have a ton of fun stuff planned for free time as well as a Man Camp Great [...]

Last night at church I went to our Freedom in Recovery group to check it out. There was some wonderful worship led by Mike Stand. Then there was a good lesson about the 4th Step of making a personal inventory of good and bad stuff in life and surrendering it all to God. It was [...]

Here’s the video that introduced my sermon this past Sunday. I ran in the back doors at the end of the clip. It was pretty fun. Thanks to Tammy Harris and Dan Parsons for helping make it. Tammy did the editing and some directing and Dan used his amazing steady-cam gear and fancy HD camera [...]

I preached today in both of our services. Celebration (8:45am - leans more blended/traditional) went really well. Our crazy video, that I will post later, was good. The people laughed. I wore a suit and said, “Finally Pastor Dave is gone and I can dress the way that I really want to.” They also thought [...]

The Strategic Leadership Team met today and we solidified this. Shhh…we haven’t told anyone yet. Calvary Church is a community where we CONNECT with God and others, GROW in our faith and REACH Orange County and the world [...]

Calvary Church is starting a new ministry called Open Arms: Embracing Children Who Need a Family. And, one of the ways you can get involved is to reach out and offer hope to Ethiopian orphans by collecting NEW SHOES in our “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive. Calvary’s Goal: To collect over 2,000 pairs of [...]

Here’s the article I wrote based off my talk to Parents of Teens last week. Dear Parents of Teens, It has been a sacred privilege to serve as the Pastor of Student Ministries for the last six years here at Calvary Church. I have loved working with you and your students. I am now in the role [...]

Josh Simpson and I are sitting in his office (my old office) meeting about some Student Ministries issues yesterday when we hear a loud crashing sound. We hear this sound quite a bit in Student Ministries because the intersection outside always has accidents. We rushed outside to see one car across the street smashed into [...]