What’s at the very core of who you are? Imagine the perfect apple.  It has a beautiful, shiny red exterior – free of bruises and dents.  The stem curves slightly from the top, with one green leaf still attached.  As you eat it, it tastes delicious!  It’s not too hard, but not too soft.  There […]

Retreating? In most cases, the thought of retreat seems weak and cowardly. When a group retreats it means the battle is lost and the injured survivors gather together, bandage their wounds, and hope for the best. Well let me tell you, the couple’s retreat we attended this past weekend was anything but weak and cowardly! […]

Take a close look.  Listen intently. What’s going on in your life that may point to something big on the way? We’re now a month into 2012 and many have been seeking God for an explosive year filled with power and passion. Our sincere desire is to see God move in our lives, in our […]

Moses was a man who knew what it was like to be in the presence of the Lord.  In his first encounter with God, we find him running from a very angry Pharaoh.  He was hiding out, tending sheep on the back side of the desert for his father-in-law.  One day while caring for his […]

The other night our pastor shared this example with us…. He held up a nice, clean twenty dollar bill and asked who would want it.  Of course most people said they would. You don’t have to ask me twice . Then, he took the perfectly good Andrew Jackson and crinkled it up in his hands.  […]

This past weekend my wife and our four daughters went away with some of our friends and family on a camping trip. We ended up with six adults and eleven children – all nine and younger – at Barnwell State Park in South Carolina. One may ask how this could be a relaxing experience with […]