Waiting the announced doom and gloom

Media folks, please stop printing doom and gloom about the housing market. The market is simply going back to more normal and healthy levels. Who is the doom and gloom really for? For those who took dangerous risk with loans and probably shouldn’t have; this includes the lenders who were giving [...]

If I could getaway

Lorrie and I will be taking a trip by ourselves for the first time since before Shelby was born(first time in over 3.5years). We’ll be gone two nights and three days. We’re headed to the illustrious Boise, ID. You might be able to catch us on TV if you [...]

Enter the Worship Circle

A friend once remarked that “Enter the Worship Circle” sounded like a bunch of Christian Hippies.  Well, they are Christian and they play hand drums but I think the comparison ends there.  They are raw and unashamed in emotion for God.   and I’m attracted to anything without pretenses.  We’ve played some of their songs [...]

Nessun Dorma

You don’t have to be a fan of opera to appreciate the magnitude of Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. Careful, it will awaken sentiment. Pavarotti is effortless in singing the high notes. Watch the intensity of his eyes and be hypnotized. Luciano Pavarotti died this year, September 6th at age 71.
In high [...]

Northwatch

Northwatch is a collaborative effort of several north Portland churches to join together in worship, prayer, and fellowship.  A couple of weeks ago, we joined a Northwatch meeting at a house church called Church of the Servant King.  There we heard Jody Mayhew speak about her mission trip to the Middle East where she lead  [...]

Demotivating Posters

You can create these poster yourself at www.despair.com
I created this one for this weekends game where Southern Miss takes on East Carolina University. Southern Miss holds a 26-8 all time record against ECU.

and this one for the fun of it because Ole Miss is easy to make fun of:

*the text is hard to read [...]

Still going strong in India

 Our church, New Life continues to support our friends in India at OASIS ministries who continue to labor for the gospel.  Recently, we’ve had a couple from Texas connected to us through Erin E., begin to converse with us about joining the work in India as missionaries.  They will be visiting Dr. Joseph this month [...]

Wedding message

I just finished the last post of the wedding message from Holly and Nick’s wedding.  You can read it over at: http://nothingtocensure.blogspot.com/
May God grant them with grace and love to fulfill their covenant for a lifetime.

Our house is officially on the market

You can click the link below to check out the listing and see some pics. We’ve worked hard the past couple of months to get it ready.
Looks like a house you want to buy, huh? Make us an offer.
http://www.rmlsweb.com/v2/public/report.asp?type=CR&CRPT2=BgUFB2ddDnZeXFNURlVZLh0zoHfkpZRa2oD1/yFLOA%3D%3D
a couple of my own old pics below:

Celebration is Worship

Wow, Nick and Holly’s wedding was magnificent. It was all around romantic, fun, and solemn. They were beautiful and represent everything sacred and special about matrimony. We celebrated in a reverent way and in a more outward raucous way. Prayer and dance go together.
Shelby was a beautiful flower girl [...]