God Shows Up During Crisis

*if you are directly influenced, i am sorry if by reading this you are hearing this information for the first time. please know i am here to speak to, if…

my church burned to the ground today

eh, not really, but it got your attention, right? well, when i got to work thursday morning, the worship center was gray, smokey and stinky. the entire building was freezing….

tired of praying for me yet?

Couple prayer things. 1) We said goodbye to Merle (our director of ministries) today by way of a party at PowerPlay… it is like chucky-cheese for big kids. We all…

change bites

Today, our staff meeting was led by Pastor Merle Mees for the last time. Merle, our Director of Ministries, is leaving Westside to join the staff as lead pastor at…

once saved… not always saved?

i was talking on the phone with a friend last night and our conversation turned to the topic of salvation. coming from fairly different religious backgrounds our beliefs in the “eternalness” of…

renewed love…

whilst sitting here eating a “whatchamacallit” i decided to update the ole blog. i was at the gas station and saw one and thought, “dang i love those. i haven’t…