Archives For Ministry

Interview with Dr. Gary McIntosh:

Interview with Dr. Tom Armiger:

Interview with Dr. Bob Black:

Interview with Jeff Eckart:

Interview with Dan LeRoy & David Holdren:

Interview with Holland Prior:

Interview with Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil:

Interview with Dr. Keith Drury:

Interview with Pastor Mark Batterson

Interview with Dr. JoAnne Lyon:

It has been an amazing few days here in Jacksonville – even though the weather has been less Florida-ish than we would’ve expected/liked.

My buddies at “The Techology Show” have been putting out some great video-interviews with people that I wanted to embed here to share with my readers, too:

Interview with Pastor Keith Loy:


Interview with Benji Kelley & Craig Dunn:


Interview with Scott Simmons:


Interview with Jeff Allen (Comedian):


Interview with Dr. Bob Whitesel:


Interview with Michael Smalley:


Interview with Jeremy Summers:



I am posting this blog from the Indianapolis International Airport where in just a few minutes Jessica and I will be boarding our flight that will eventually take us to Jacksonville, FL this afternoon where we will be participating in The Gathering conference.

This is the second-ever “Gathering” and will include some 2,000 Wesleyan pastors and spouses from across the country! We are very much looking forward to the time of spiritual feeding and renewal!

I have the honor of participating in tech-ways with the “emUrgency” pre-conference that begins tomorrow morning. We’re live-streaming that event at iamformed.com

Jess has been asked to help with registration tomorrow, so if you’re coming to The Gathering, look for her smiling face at the registration table!

The event features worship leading by Paul Baloche and a few of our speakers include Mark Batterson, Michael Smalley, Brenda Salter McNeil, Dr. Wayne Schmidt, and Rev. Keith Loy. The event is being emceed by Pastor Benji Kelley, too!

It has been QUITE the trip for us to be a part of this trip and we know God is going to do GREAT things!

The Sunday before Christmas it was a special honor to have Rev. Walter Malaza, Wesleyan District Superintendent in Swaziland with us at First Wesleyan. He spoke powerfully on our need to know what we’re doing for Christ.

On Christmas Eve we had around 70 people join together for our worship & candlelight service! I have continued to hear how special that service was for many of our church people and their friends and family that came with them.

This past Sunday I finished up our series, “Come Together” with a sermon entitled, “Love that changes the world”. Sermon audio is available here on our church website.

As 2010, draws to a close, I am excited about what God is going to continue to do in and through our church in the coming year! Please continue to pray for our family and our ministry at First Wesleyan – we are trusting the Lord for great things!

Love this beautiful work by St. Paul’s Church in New Zealand: