Category: Joy in Ministry

  • My Journey into A Missional Life

    There can be no mission outside of us, if there is no mission happening within us. 

  • Everything I Needed To Know About Church Planting, I Learned In Underoos.

    Song of the Month: “Time To be Awesome” Zoe Saldana   Everything I needed to know about church planting I learned in my Underoos. Ok, so maybe not everything, but a lot. It’s the beginning of 2018. I’m on my second month of being forty-five years old and I’m realizing that who I am, is really so…

  • The Things We Hate

    The Things We Hate

    Song of the month- Highly Favored One by Lindsy Morton I hate waiting for things I’ve ordered. I. Really. Hate. It. It’s probably why I rarely order things online. I can feel my blood boil with each passing day. Package? No Package. Package? No Package. Package? Wrong Order? Wrong house? Wrong thing for me to…

  • What We Fight For

    Little Fighter Song of the month- Miracle: Foo fighters It’s been almost two months since we brought our little miracle home from the hospital. Our Eden Hope, born at 1lb 2oz is now a whopping 9 1/2 pounds of poopin, spitin-upin, late night a cryin, baby fun….and we volunteered for this, even paid to do…

  • One Bright Balloon

    This blog is written for Ashley O’Brian, one cool church planting chick who has been laboring with us in Long Beach. Her heart for the poor and those at risk in this world is always inspiring. Now she is headed to Africa where she will love on the orphan, widow, and those in prison. You…

  • We Go Together Like…

    “We go together like Ramma lamma lamma Ka dinga da dinga dong.” We go together like…Mac n cheese, or as Forest says, “We goez together like peas en carawts Jenny.” Church unity, friendships, love, such a blessing when we have it isn’t it? #birds chirping, flowers blooming# I cautiously say “have it” as though unity…

  • HELP ON THE HORIZON

    The long awaited place to post for girls who want to impact this generation through church planting. I’m all new at this bloggin thing,  so be patient with me please. But hope to have some fun discussing church planting and all its many joys and challenges.