I had one of those days from hell the other day. Andrea and the kids picked me up from work around 4 pm to drive to Oregon which is usually a 3 hour drive. Andrea already had hit traffic and had been in the car since 2 pm. We ended up getting to Portland at [...]

It is over. The end has come. Don’t worry I won’t give anything away, but honestly if you haven’t finished reading the book yet do you really care? The book of course is the seventh and final Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). I wasn’t home when it was delivered to my doorstep. [...]

I was at a Seattle Mariners game recently and I ended up sitting next to a young woman with her boyfriend. Unfortunately for a good chunk of the game I guess I was better conversation than him. She talked to me a lot. and I mean a lot! Not to mention the hug she gave [...]

I get a Flat Screen TV, High Definition of course, for our master bedroom
I finish building our master bathroom
I can afford fancy vacations for our family (Disneyland, Skiing, Hawaii.)
I can get a dog for our family
I can pay for private school for my kids
I can provide the all the things my wife needs at home
Sin is [...]

3:00 pm rolls around and I’m off to find my next fix. I don’t know why I’m so weak at this point, but everyday it hits at the same time. I begin to think I won’t make it. My mind is groggy and it is getting harder to work. I need one more shot to [...]

On June 29th Apple is going to change the mobile phone world by releasing the iPhone. For a mere $600 and a 2 year contract you can have the ultimate phone. Why would a pastor be writing about a mobile phone you ask? Well since I’m not on staff at Mars Hill I have a [...]

For those that didn’t attend the 9:15 Shoreline service (May 27th) you missed the uncovering of a Mars Hill scandal. The revelations of a fact so shocking that people were shaking their heads in disbelief. How something like this could go unnoticed for so long was unimaginable. If it hadn’t been for the incredible detective [...]

Sometimes life moves so fast. You feel like you are always one step behind and you will never catch up. Guess what. You never will. That reminds me of one of my favorite sayings; “Free beer tomorrow.” There are always things that will be need to be done tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes, just like [...]

 In the last post we established that we are going to define our view of marriage from scripture. In Matthew 19:1-12 Jesus is tested by the Pharisees when they ask him about divorce. There is a lot about marriage we could take from this passage, but the point that I’d like to focus on is [...]

I know that you all are craving spiritual insight. A word that might get you through the day. Maybe some wisdom that transcends the crap that you read on a daily basis. Hold on just a second. Okay I’m back, my cigar was going out I had to take a puff or two. Well this [...]