Category: Blog

Meeting in the Middle

Summer Camp X with Next Level Church and Ridge Church is well underway.  The room is electric every session and kids are showing up expecting to hear from the Lord.  Last night, Jon Rouleau, the student pastor at Ridge, brought the Word strong from Genesis 1 and 3 about how we lost our identity and…
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The Back Story – Part 3

6. “The First, The Last” has a good combination of hymns and original songs. Where do you find the inspiration to write your original songs? It sounds trite and unoriginal, but honestly it mostly comes through my early morning times with Jesus in His Word.  That’s primarily where I receive the most inspiration for tunes. …
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The Back Story – Part 2

3. Who would you consider to be some of your greatest musical/vocal influences? You know, as a kid, I guess I would say that I was pretty sheltered and naïve when it came to music… Not because my Baptist parents were overly-strict or overbearing.  Not at all.  I guess I just naturally gravitated toward the…
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Don’t Just Memorize the Bad News

Last week I tuned into the SBC Pastor’s Conference via their live streaming video. During David Platt’s message which was loaded w/ good stuff, one statement he made really caught my attention. He said in regards to the gospel and memorizing Scripture, “Don’t just memorize the bad news.  Memorize the good news as well.” And…
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Uniformly Favorable

Last night at a get-together, my buddy Craig asked me about the meaning of the name “Micaiah,” our 10-month-old son. After I explained it, I was reminded of its significance and the reason why we named him that. In 1 Kings 22, wicked King of Ahab of Israel and Jehoshaphat King of Judah decided to…
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