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Had a great Thanksgivin...

I should be sleeping but instead I’m up thinking about jumping back into busy mode again starting tomorrow morning. We had a pretty good little vacation as a family for the last five days – seeing Stefanie’s grandparents, golfing, seeing movies with the kids, driving...

17 Years…Not As L...

This week marks a milestone for my wife and I. We’ve been married for 17 years. Yep. 17 years ago we drove to Iowa (Stef’s home town) and said our vows at Harmony Bible Church – a good sized church smack dab in the middle of a corn field. At the time I didn’t...

Building The Church (wi...

More than a few times I have asked the congregation at LifePoint this question, “how many churches are there in Lake Mary?” The answer (I know you already guessed it). One. There’s only one church because all who consider themselves to be followers of Jesus...

The “To Don’...

I met with a good friend of mine the other day. His name is Joseph Thompson, the pastor of another local church here in Lake Mary called, The Well. Joseph has been a great source of encouragement and inspiration in my journey as a newer lead pastor. We got talking about all the...

When you have to buy ne...

What a great season we’ve been having at LifePoint so far this fall. I have to give God all the credit because He’s been leading more and more people to LifePoint and more and more people have been making LifePoint their home church. Each week we find ourselves in a...

A Cool Idea for Your Bi...

A Screenshot from Biblegateway.com I came across this when browsing the web site of a friend of mine who is pastoring at Discovery Church in Orlando. Bible Gateway is a free web site that let’s you search just about any version of the Bible by keywords, themes, etc. At the...

The New Look at LifePoi...

We’ve been growing little by little at LifePoint these last several months (this is a good thing!) and so it’s caused us to consider maximizing our space in the gym of the J. Douglas Williams YMCA a bit. The new setup will help us get an additional 100 chairs in the...