This month I am starting a new Sunday class called “A Christian’s Guide to the Church.” Originally I was going to call it “A Beginner’s Guide to the Church,” but I changed it because I realized th...  Read More

Turner Christian Church Connection Newsletter     Today I am a proud pastor. Last night was the TCC Talent Show--which was a whim I had, an idea that maybe a talent show would give us all a chance to ...  Read More

Turner Christian Church Connection Newsletter     Over the past few months I've been using the newsletter to talk about the kind of church we are. As a "Christian church," we defined ourselves by our ...  Read More

Turner Christian Church Connection Newsletter     “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as ...  Read More

Turner Christian Church Connection Newsletter     For the past couple of months I have been using this article to explain the identity and mission of our church--why we are called "Turner Christian Ch...  Read More

This fall I am enrolled in a class called "Seminar in Ecclesiology." Ecclesiology is the academic word for the study of the church: what is the church? How should the church be structured? What does t...  Read More

m going back to school!First of all, don't worry--I'm not going anywhere. I have enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Emmanuel Christian Seminary, which is almost entirely online. I will only...  Read More

How are you doing with neighboring? The summer is here, which brings us many opportunities to connect with those around us and show them the love of Jesus. I hope you are finding ways to take advantag...  Read More

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them." (Mark 1...  Read More

"I don't like it when I can’t get what I want." This is the new favorite phrase of my four-year-old son. He has reached an age, and a life-situation, where he is realizing how little control he has ov...  Read More

I've been reading a lot about death recently. As a pastor I've been around a lot of people who are near death, and I've worked with a lot of grieving families, but the death of my brother at 39 brough...  Read More

This month we enter the season of Lent, a period of 40 days in which we prepare for Easter by dedicating ourselves to repentance, prayer and service. We are also in a year that we have dedicated to lo...  Read More