Last year on October 17th, one of our dear brothers in Christ went to be with the Lord ahead of us. It was a difficult time for us as a church. Even today, we think about him a lot. I was just amazed at the kind of impact he had on people. […]
Free Car Wash
I truly believe one of God’s graces is displayed in rain. The other day, I was thinking that I needed a car wash because all the driving through the back roads to drop off the kids at school causes my car to get dirty quickly. I can’t even remember the last time I got a […]
Da Bears!
What can I say?! God is very, very good! What a game last night… probably one of the most exciting games for the Bears. There has to be a sermon illustration out of that game. 6-0 baby! Can I get an amen?
UG Retreat 2006
God did some incredible things at the Undergraduate Retreat this year. It was good re-connecting with the heart and soul of our church – the college students. As I was hanging out with them, it brought back a lot of memories of my college years, as well as the first two years of our church. […]
Making the Road Trip
3 days of worship… 3 days of hearing God’s Word… 3 days of prayer… 3 days of experiencing biblical community… 3 days of fellowship… 3 days of all-out pursuit of God… more to come!
Clergy Appreciation
October is supposedly the month for clergy appreciation. Why October? I don’t know but anyways… I was blessed to hear that each of the small group had “adopted” a pastor on our staff to show their appreciation. This morning right after morning prayer, I found an envelope on my windshield. When I got home I […]
Random Thoughts
This week has been a long week – and we are not even through with it yet! I spent some time in reflection and here are some thoughts that came forth: 1) Wounded people end up wounding other people… a vicious cycle. 2) People who play the victim will never be victorious 3) I need […]
Nostalgic Memories
Since, Josiah’s coach tries to balance between coaching the Ann Arbor Arsenal Under 10 team and the Pioneer High School Varsity team, he had a conflict in schedule for this week. Last night, Josiah’s soccer coach invited the team to come and watch a soccer game between two local high schools. Our family wasn’t planning […]
Lost Contact Lens
After our drive back to LA from San Diego, I was exhausted. I ended up falling asleep in the car… I wasn’t a good driving buddy. In my desire to quickly get into bed, I took off my contact lenses in a hurry. As I was popping my contacts out of my eye, one of […]
Weeks of B-Days
Wow! The past 3 weeks have been a time of birthdays… well, in terms of church b-days at least. About 3 weeks ago, we celebrated the birth of HMCC of Chicago. Then 2 weeks ago we celebrated the 10th year b-day of HMCC of Ann Arbor. Then yesterday, in San Diego, we celebrated the birth […]
The Gospel Lived Out at Southland
I spoke at Church of Southland yesterday… Pastor Keith was gracious enough to open up his pulpit to me. More than blessing the people with God’s Word, they blessed me with their desires to love God and to live out the Gospel message. This past Sunday was pretty special because one of the pastors (Pastor […]
2006 H-Games
In this year’s H-Games, we had two non-undergraduate small groups finishing in the top three. Maybe the old adage is true – “with age comes wisdom.” All I know is that it wasn’t with our physique that we, the married couple’s group came in 3rd place. I think most of us were out of shape […]
Planes and Books
One thing good about long flights is that I am able to read. Reading really relaxes me but at the same time fires me up because of the various insights gleaned from the writings. For some reason, the current book that I am reading captured my attention. I just could not put it down. In […]
New Church in San Diego
I will be heading out to LA this weekend to speak at Church of Southland and also to be a part of the inaugural service for Kairos Christian Church. Pastor Mark Chun will be the lead pastor of this new and exciting church. I met him back in March at an AMI Conference out in […]