Encouraging and Equipping
This site is a place for seekers, disciples and servant-leaders to be sharpened and spurred on toward resting in God’s love and joining Him in His redeeming work. Feel free to subscribe to my newsletter below or contact me for spiritual guidance, speaking or coaching.
About Me
Who I am
I am a Pastor, writer and speaker currently living near Conway, Arkansas. I am an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and love to help people discover their calling, gifts and purpose in life.
You can click on the “About” link above to find out more, or browse through any of the tabs to discover how my writing, speaking and coaching can help you.
Do you know your life needs to change?
Seeking God
The first step for each of us is to begin looking for God. He has been looking for us, even when we ignored Him or were completely unaware of His existence. But hopefully if you are here, you are seeking God and an understanding of eternal and spiritual things. Click here to find out more about the good news of Jesus.
Following God
Once we have begun a journey of faith with God, there is much to learn about who He is, how He loves us, how holy and good He is and what He offers to us. God has prepared and inheritance for each of His children and God wants to help us grow as disciples of Jesus. Click here to read more about the Christian life.
Serving God and others
Once we have journeyed with God for a while, we realize that He doesn’t want us to simply worry about our own lives and our own needs but that we also need to serve others and help others to know God. Click here to discover more about being a servant and leader to others.
Prayer and spiritual direction
We know that God has given us the gift and the privilege of prayer in order to seek God’s glory and His will. Let me know how I can pray together with you.
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In our journey to become like Christ we cannot isolate ourselves or attempt to live our faith alone. We need others. We need the church. We need spiritual guidance.
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Blog posts
- You must be born againHave you been born again? Jesus told us in the Bible that we must be born again if we want to see the kingdom of God. Many people grow up hearing stories about heaven. Even if you did not come from a religious family, humanity is regularly conversing about what happens to us after weContinue reading “You must be born again”
- Devotion #5 – Colossians 3:5Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed which amounts to idolatry. (Colossians 3:5) This verse repeats and goes into a little more detail about the meaning of Colossians 3:3a “You have died.” It is up to us to willingly and willfully place ourselves asContinue reading “Devotion #5 – Colossians 3:5”
- Devotion #4 – Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is our life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. (Colossians 3:4 ) Christ, who is our life…Chapters and books could be written just about this phrase alone! But to fully understand it we also have to go back to the Garden of Eden when God breathedContinue reading “Devotion #4 – Colossians 3:4”
Media Library
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