Ok, so today I preached in our Elevation service at Calvary Church. I spoke on Matthew 22:1-14 – the parable of the marriage feast. It felt like a decent talk, not quite as good as last week where I was super passionate about Luke 14. I liked this one, but it was a different feel. But [...]

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 [...]

Here are a couple pictures of me doing what I do – preaching. These were taken by John Woods. He is a photographer that you should hire if you are doing something like getting married, engaged, taking family portraits, playing in a band, or just want more pictures of yourself because you are narcissistic.

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 [...]

Here is how today went:1. In both main services today, my new position was announced to the whole church. Now, it’s for real.2. I preached in the Elevation service today and it went pretty well. I was really pleased, especially with the tough preparation week. 3. Then we went looking at houses this afternoon. We [...]

I am sitting in my office at 6:45am right now and I got here 25 minutes ago. I like to get to church really early on the days I preach. I look over my notes and my PowerPoint one last time. I practice my “talk” one more time out loud. I love the method of [...]

I have lots of driving and meetings with fun people today between Santa Ana and San Diego. I will post about it tonight. I am preaching this Sunday on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. It’s a pretty cool passage where Paul basically says that if you are going to present the gospel to people, you need to do [...]

I’m preaching today in Elevation on 2 Samuel 7. Pray for me if you think of it. The service is from 10:45-12noon.

Yesterday was an incredibly busy day. I only worked a few more hours than I normally do, but it was just that I was leading and speaking in every environment I was in. #1: High School Group at 8:45am. The Kenya team presented to the High School students for about 35 minutes. I probably did [...]