Faith

The past three weeks have been incredible. It’s amazing how clearly I start thinking when I actually slow down. The image above is our view each night at sunset, so it has been easy to relax and soak in the beauty of God’s creation. The first week, we spent most of our time at the Fiddler’s Convention in Galax and

It’s been quiet here on the blog for a few weeks. Preparing for a sabbatical is a lot of work! But now, after a week of rest, I’m starting to unwind and think a little more clearly.  My pace of life has been wide open for a long time, and this break has come at the perfect time for me. It’s

Last week, we took 18 of our older youth to the Wayfarer Beach Camp by 3DM.  It was our second year in attendance and we had an incredible experience. I love how the camp emphasizes both discipleship and mission. It really connects with our philosophy as a church and youth ministry. Our youth spent the week learning more about the

It is hard to believe how my life has changed over these past seven years. Today, seven years ago, I started full-time as pastor of Cornerstone. For the 12 years before that, I worked as a mechanical engineer crash testing airplane seats and designing weight lifting equipment. That seems like a distant memory now, and I can honestly say I’m

I recently started using Amazon Smile to support one of my favorite charities, Because We Care Ministries. I do a lot of shopping at Amazon since I have a Prime account with free 2-day shipping on most items. It’s an easy way to help support mission work in Nicaragua.  Here is how Amazon Describes it What is AmazonSmile? AmazonSmile is

We just finished our latest sermon series called Foundations at Cornerstone. Our goal was to focus on basic foundational truths that every believer should know and understand. Sometimes, it’s good to just focus on the basics. I have been surprised throughout the series at the positive response from our mature believers. I think pastors tend to forget that many people

This was also posted on the Cornerstone website At our First Wednesday Service last week, our focus was on family worship and discipleship. I shared several resources to help you lead your family. Here are just a few of the resources we recommend. Rightnow Media Rightnow Media is a great website that gives Cornerstone attenders access to over 3500 video Bible

Since the beginning of Cornerstone, we have been blessed with talented youth who have served in our worship ministry. I love the fact that youth have a place to serve and get involved and develop their talents and gifts. Four of our Cornerstone youth, including my son Luke, participated in a music competition today called Voices of the New River.

For two more days, you can take advantage of a great deal on youth ministry resources.  Only144.com is a website that shares great deals for ministry resources for only 144 hours. The current deal is winding down, but it’s a great bargain. Here are the deal details -This deal ends at NOON (eastern) on Thursday, March 13, 2014 and only

In a previous post, I shared about ChurchThemes.com, a great company making church templates for WordPress. I’m a huge proponent of using WordPress for church websites if you have someone that has the skill level to maintain the site. WordPress is powerful, but it also requires someone with fairly strong web skills. For churches that want to focus on the