Alycia is humoring me by watching Star Trek: The Next Generation with me. TNG is my favorite television show ever and I’m happy that she is watching it with me. I do feel a little bad for her, though, because the first season of TNG isn’t that great. It takes a while for TNG toRead more
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I consider myself to be a pretty big nerd. I’m well versed in a number of nerdclinations and keep adopting new ones, most recently Dr. Who. Even though I rep all sorts of nerd cred I have a deep, dark, non-nerdy secret. I love sports. I love watching sports. I love reading about sports. IRead more
This week our pastoral staff is spending some time in Malibu on a little spiritual retreat. It’s good for everyone to take some time away and give some directed attention to our spiritual lives. Our lives are so full and so busy that we often need to take time away in order to clearly hearRead more
I hear about a lot of other youth pastors and the struggles they face in their jobs. They have to work crazy hours. They have to take vacation time to go to summer camp. They have senior pastors who can’t remember their families’ names. When I hear about the struggles they face, I end upRead more
It took the better part of two years but Alycia and I finally got a dog. We had said that we didn’t want to have a dog while living in an apartment. However, once we saw that face, we knew we’d found our first dog. We named her Elphie and she has been a greatRead more
The website BuildTheEnterprise.org (which wasn’t working that well at the time of publishing) seeks to build a working replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The ship, which wouldn’t have warp drive or transporters, would have a nuclear powered ion engine for exploring our solar system. I’m not smart enough to be an astronaut but I wouldRead more