Thanksgiving is perhaps my favorite holiday. I’m not a huge fan of turkey, cranberry sauce, or stuffing. Don’t get me wrong, I will still have my share of food on Thanksgiving Day, but the traditional foods are not what I look forward to most. Instead, what I look forward to are a different kind of…
ReCAST is sending a team of ten people to Uganda over Spring Break in 2017. We will be there for two weeks and the majority of our work will be leading two conferences for pastor’s, two children’s bible schools, and other various training. I am super excited that God has brought together a cross generational…
I do very little without intention. Those of you familiar with the Strengthsfinders personality tool may recognize that my combination of input, learner, and ideation means that there is a lot of my life lived in my head. And so it is with utmost intention that I have for years decorated this head with a…
I have seen an increasing trend in society over the past few years and since I am not a cultural scientist or a pollster, I would like to use this blog as a bit of research to see if you agree with this perceived trend. I believe that people are both hungry for relationships and…
My Facebook wall is so blown up with political comments that I recommend that they start calling it “Politicbook”. Not a lot of faces, just a lot of opinions. And so I will weigh in on one brief spiritual observation that I take as fact and consider to be worth sharing. If you vote in…
God has seen fit to bless ReCAST Church financially from the very beginning. We have met or exceeded our budget by significant amounts every year for our seven years of existence. And from talking with other church planters, this is not always the case. And so I believe it is appropriate to pause in the…
7,571 days ago my life was altered. She walked down the aisle. I stood there with a goofy grin. The ceremony went by in a flash. And our lives were tied together. I cannot express in words the grace that has been brought into my life through the gift of a godly wife. She has…
We are really close to building a church building. Everything seems to be moving toward a vote from the congregation of ReCAST Church within the next month and breaking ground within the next two. I have a reasonable and measured excitement that is akin to getting a new iPhone. At the end of the day…