by Pastor JD
Over the past few days the Mars Hill elders and their wives had our annual Elder’s Retreat. It was a little different than the previous one we attended. We brought in a speaker, Gary Thomas and his wife. He spoke to us about marriage, which was great. Just like our relationship with God, [...]

by Pastor JD
Lately, I’ve heard many stories from men who have issues with their fathers. For me this is not something I can relate to. My dad is not a Christian, but for a dad that doesn’t know Jesus he knocked it out of the park. He did everything you could expect a secular dad [...]

by Pastor JD
In an effort to keep things simple and since everyone loves top ten lists anyway. I give you the top ten things that made my week:
10. I filed my taxes, and I’m getting money back!
9. We had a family movie night (Underdog, the kids loved it).
8. Andrea’s (my wife) beauty is unsurpassed! I [...]

Recently I have been watching a TV show called Reaper. The concept of the show in a nutshell is that the main character’s parents sold their first born son’s soul to the devil. Once he turns 21 the devil shows up and now he is a bounty hunter for the devil, capturing escaped souls and [...]

As I sit here and reflect on the past year, I marvel at how fast they are going by for me now. When I was younger I couldn’t hit the milestone ages fast enough (16, 18 , and 21). But for a while now I want the milestone ages never to come (40, 50, 60.). [...]

This year marks the third year in a row that the Dahlman family is having our annual Turkey Trot. I can’t claim exclusivity on this endeavor. I got the idea out of a magazine, but it has our families spin on it. Most of all because, well. so far we are the only people that [...]

For Christians October 31st is a controversial day. Is it just a day to dress up in a costume to score some candy? Is it a Fall Festival day? Is it a celebration of all things demonic? Is it the day that the freaks come out? Those are all great questions and I honestly cannot [...]

For a while now I’ve been doing Daddy Dates. The way it works is that each week I take one of my kids out. I have 4 kids so that pretty much means each of them get to go out with me once a month. I don’t really have an agenda. It is my opinion [...]

I have been away from the blogsphere for a little while now, and honestly it has been hard to get back in. Maybe my life has been boring lately and I haven’t had much to write about. Or maybe I’ve just been too busy. Either way it doesn’t sound good to be busy being boring. [...]

I have had a few weeks to sit on this so hopefully I won’t be spitting out the venom I would have if I had written this sooner. It has been over a month and now my wrath is just bubbling under the surface. Alright here it goes. I was able, with a gracious gift [...]