Jan 3
This morning was Vision Sunday at West Ridge Church. This is one of my favorite Sundays in the year, because we get to celebrate what happened in the last year and I get to talk to the church about where we believe God is leading us in the new year. The following is a brief [...]
Dec 10
This Sunday at West Ridge Church is going to be messy. I don’t want to give anything away, but my visual Sunday should be very interesting. You don’t want to miss it! I hope you’ll join us for week #2 of this series – Messy Little Christmas. Last week, we talked about Genesis 3 and [...]
Nov 21
I like to think that every Sunday is a big day at West Ridge, but Thanksgiving Sunday is always special. Tomorrow we are going to do something that I believe we will talk about for years to come. I’m not going to give it away on this blog, but you won’t want to miss it! [...]
Nov 16
I haven’t written a weekend wrap-up in awhile, so I thought it would be good time to share a few of the highlights from this past weekend. • We started a brand new series yesterday called “Fearless.” I spoke yesterday on how generosity helps us to overcome fear. It was one of those mornings when [...]
Nov 5
Over the years God has truly blessed my life with men that I have called, at different times, my pastor. These men have helped to mold me, shape me, and influence me. So much of who I am today is the result of the sum of these men and their influence in my life over [...]
Nov 1
After months of working through the kinks, we finally kicked off (almost) live streaming video this morning at West Ridge Church. Each week we will be showing the 9 AM service at 11:30 AM. There will be a live chat feature for people who would like to ask questions or make comments. There is also [...]
Oct 29
We had 58 people (9th graders and leaders) in my home last night. I think that would be a new record. We’ve got skaters, band people, jocks (guys and girls), cheerleaders, video gamers, popular people, people who quite aren’t as popular…it’s a plethora of social groups. With that many people, especially 14-15 year-old kids, you [...]
Oct 26
Today I had the opportunity to sit down with our missionary in Burkina Faso, Africa, Pete Brokup, and get a report on how things are going on the ground. Many of you had the chance to hear Pete share yesterday at West Ridge. I’m so excited to report that in the last year and half [...]
