One of my favorite things to do is to get outdoors! I’ve learned over the years that it really fills me up and helps my mental and emotional health. Whether it’s hiking a trail, getting out on the water or looking at a mountain view, there’s nothing like it! Although my blog page is gearedContinue reading “Some Favorite Outdoors Views”
Category Archives: Life Lessons
A Season of Writing
I haven’t done much writing or speaking lately. Between becoming new parents and settling into our new home, we have had our hands full as we learn and adjust to new rhythms. This reality has reminded me that life is full of seasons. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 says, “For everything there is a season, and a timeContinue reading “A Season of Writing”
VIDEO – Life is Good When You Grieve
Vintage Church Sunday Worship Gathering: In this Sunday message, I’m joined by my friend Christi Hagans as we talk about the topic of grief and mourning. I give us four biblical truths about mourning and she shares some application from her own grief experience and as a counselor. It was a powerful time for ourContinue reading “VIDEO – Life is Good When You Grieve”
A Better Way to Live
When you take a step back and look around, you see a lot of pressure to blend in with the status quo, work your way up the ladder of approval and even make a great name for yourself. For many, that’s their ultimate aim in life. I’m not saying that success, great performance and achievements areContinue reading “A Better Way to Live”
Advent Devotional – Striving for Humility
“The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Matthew 23:11–12 Jesus always has a way of telling us what we don’t want to hear, but we need to hear! In Matthew 23, Jesus was teaching to the crowds and his disciples. InContinue reading “Advent Devotional – Striving for Humility”
How emotionally healthy are you?
How emotionally healthy are you? This is not something many of us often think or talk about, but it’s important! God created us with emotions. Throughout the Bible, we even see God expressing his emotions towards people and ultimately we see Jesus expressing emotions. Just think about the grief he felt when Lazarus died, beforeContinue reading “How emotionally healthy are you?”
Opinions
The funny thing about opinions is, we all have them! Each of us have opinions on just about everything, which in itself is not a bad thing. Some of our opinions are about small, insignificant things that don’t have much impact on our lives. Other are on more important, significant things that may have directContinue reading “Opinions”
VIDEO – Jesus & the Hungry
Vintage Church Weekend Worship Gathering: In this sermon, I preached about the incredible story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 from Luke 9. It’s amazing to see what God can do with so little. Start with what you have!
The Power of a Phone Call
Communication. A word that makes it’s way into just about every area of our lives. We communicate on a daily and hourly basis. Communication looks different, depending on what we are doing, who we are talking to and what we are trying to accomplish. I don’t know about you, but the importance of communicating clearlyContinue reading “The Power of a Phone Call”
VIDEO – Pastors Chat!
Check out this video conversation below as I talk with some of my Pastor friends that I went to seminary with about how they are navigating a new year after the rough year of 2020! SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: Irvin Wasswa – Campus Pastor at Tylertown Church (Tylertown, TN) “The crises taking place on Earth doContinue reading “VIDEO – Pastors Chat!”
Matthew Weaver 