What if you joined our boat? Or, someone else’s boat and their crew? While speaking at Azusa Pacific University’s chapel, Francis Chan shared that he and his family are moving to Asia, this year, to become missionaries. He said, in part:“I feel like I’ve been fishing in the same pond my whole life and now […]
Excerpt from Reflection Week 1
An excerpt from #Reflection Week 1: “Can I be honest? There have been occasions, I’ve thought about quitting as the pastor of New Passion. Pastoring & being in ministry can be tough. You dream dreams & hope for things much quicker than they become reality. It’s tough building a new church in a military & […]
Big News for My Family and New Passion
In 46 days there will be some big changes for my family and for New Passion Church. In 46 days, New Passion will have already celebrated our 6th birthday and as great of a milestone as that is, it’s been a long, tiring, challenging, yet rewarding 6 years. Although we knew the right answers and […]
Creating a Great Church, Together (Part 1)
Over the next several weeks, I am going to share some thoughts and challenges on how we can create a great church, together, at New Passion. I hope you’ll tune in each week. The first step to creating a great church is to ARRIVE EARLY. Notice, I didn’t say arrive on time. Typically, if we […]
I Asked God….
I asked God to see through His eyes, so He made me a pastor. I asked God to help me understand His grace, so He sent me addicts and alcoholics, and then he let me watch them relapse. I asked God to help me love like He loves, so He sent me the homosexual who […]