Hebrews 3:13 “…encourage one another…” Yesterday was a great day! Pastor Jimmy was encouraged and challenged in organization of the corporate expression part of our community of believers. Pastor Matt has made some great contacts with other community group leaders from around the nation. Over all some great resources for us to draw from as [...]

Today is the first full day for Pastor Jimmy, Pastor Matt, and myself (Pastor Gilmore) in Seattle for a conference. The following is what I wrote over breakfast. Hebrews 2:1 “…pay close attention to what we have heard…” I am sitting in the breakfast area of a Holiday Inn Express. What difference a year makes. [...]

I have been sitting in ICU for 8 days now tending to my father who is very sick. Obviously, there are many things that race through your mind at moments like this. There are 34 rooms around me of people in bad shape. Sickness is the dominate ora of the floor. Every single person in [...]

While at Community Group the other night NBC brought back one of the classic TV shows from the late 80′s. That is correct Knight Rider was one of the most under rated TV show of the decade, it ranks right there next to “Fall Guy”. The acting by car was so remarkable and should have [...]

Should you put a Christmas Tree in your bathroom? I’m not sure you should but my wife did. I have struggled with it being there because I have always been freaked out by people who keep decorated Christmas trees up in their house all year. I have visited a few homes of these fanatics over [...]

Romans 12:1 – In view of GOD’S mercy, present your bodies as living sacrifices holy and pure for that is your reasonable act of worship.”In view of GOD’S mercy” shows that our worship starts with GOD. We worship because GOD has allowed us to worship. We worship with confidence because we have seen God’s incredible [...]

LIFE IS SHORT I am sitting in a local coffee shop thinking about all the things that are going on around me and realize that life is short. As followers of an eternal God who told us not to worry because it does not add another second to our life, I still find my self [...]

Psalm 27:4 – One thing I ask of the Lord and this is what I’ll seek, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold his beauty, and to enquire in his temple. God’s Presence is the one thing King David wanted above all else. It was more [...]

When I was about 8 years old I saw a photo of a man who had literally been cut in half! My mom worked for our small town newspaper in Oklahoma and the local police department contracted her out to take pictures of the body of an oilfield worker who was tragically killed in an [...]