Fly Fishing Nor Cal
I specialize in fly fishing from a drift boat on the Lower Sacramento or wading the Upper Sacramento RiverNorthern California has some of the best fly fishing in the United States without the crowds that many of the rivers in Montana, Colorado, and Alaska attract. With year-round fisheries for trout, steelhead, striper, and more, it’s hard to imagine a better location for those who love fly fishing!
If you want to get out, you can book me through Confluence Outfitters.
What Are Your Desires?
Proverbs 10:24 says, "What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted." John Bunyan writes in The Desire of the Righteous Granted that believers desire (1) Desires that may be accomplished or enjoyed in this life, and (2)...
Fallacy Fridays: The Word Fallacy
Good writers have a way of communicating ideas in a variety of creative ways. This makes reading them exciting, right? No one wants to read the same thing over and over and over again. If you have to repeat the same idea, do it in a way that is creative and...
Burn Out is Coming! What’s the Solution?
The last couple of weeks have been far more overwhelming than usual. There's been a significant family loss with the passing of my grandmother and some of the issues related to pastoral ministry have been more heavy and more common as of late. On top of that, lots of...
Preachers: Remind God’s People of God’s Word, Grace, & Great Love!
"The Christian preacher is commissioned with a particular task, that of reminding people over and over again of God’s Word and its claim on their lives. We find this theme often in the New Testament, from both Paul and others. Paul told the Romans, “Nevertheless,...
Patriacrchy is Now Reconsidered: Allowing for Egalitarian & Complementarian Readings
I've been slowly reworking through William J. Webb's Slaves, Women, & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis. Those who are aware of the issues related to gender, women in ministry, and hermeneutics will recognize Webb's name. In fact, his...
Across the Web – 02/18/12
Marc Cortez is giving away a copy of William J. Webb's Corporal Punishment in the Bible: A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic for Troubling Texts. I'm liking Webb as of late. Not because I agree with him, but because I like him... a lot. Weird, I know. I want this book!...
A Meal with Jesus, by Tim Chester
How do our meals play a role in the mission of the church? Does food say anything about God's grace, or community, or the purpose of the church? How did Jesus understand food? A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community & Mission around the Table is...
Hip Hop Ecclesiology: What Are Your Values?
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
It's February 14th, and couples all over the United States are spending time together to celebrate love. So I want to wish you all a "Happy Valentine's Day!" For the past few years, our family celebrates a "Family Valentine's Day." Rather than dumping the kids off and...
My List of Top 5 Books on the Kingdom of God
There are five books that have greatly shaped my understanding of the kingdom of God. These are my top-five and the books that I recommend to pastors, students, and anyone interested in the theology of the kingdom. #5 - The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in...
