Just wanted to give a quick shout out here to our Building Permit bring issued today!! Construction will begin on June 1 and we anticipate moving back to the Sanctuary in mid-August!
It’s been a long haul the last few months between my health issues and keeping this project’s changes moving so we can move forward [...]
I didn’t feel it because the boys and I were on the freeway toward Indio, but what a wild thing to have an earthquake on Easter! What a great reminder that we are NOT in control of life around us and that anything can happen at any time!
Easter celebration at NewHeart was great! We’ll get [...]
Not feeling any different today physically, but it has been a gracious day. I had the opportunity to officiate the wedding of a young couple in our church. The bride’s family has been a part of our church from her early years.
A man came into her life some time ago and swept her off her [...]
It’s the end of a long couple of weeks. Jonathan’s birthday on December 14th ended a big weekend for us.
As well as Jonathan’s birthday on that Sunday, that Saturday night we did our Annual Church Staff & Council Christmas Gathering. I try to make it a very nice surprise of an event, and this year [...]
It’s been a sometimes exhilirating, sometimes frustrating, always interesting couple of months since I last posted.
Some highlights:
We closed escrow on our home!
One of the best parts? We didn’t even have to move!! After 12 years in the “parsonage” (church-owned home provided as part of a pastor’s compensation package), we were able to strike a deal [...]
It’s Sunday night and Colleen and the boys took off for home a while ago. Colleen works in the morning and the boys have their own different football activities they have to be back for. I am taking advantage of the time for some solitude, as well as cleaning the RV and packing things up [...]
On Sunday evening, May 31, I received one of a handful of the saddest phone calls I have ever (and will ever) receive. Joey Pullen, a former member of NewHeart’s Youth Ministries, had committed suicide that afternoon.
All the reasons surrounding Joey’s decision and its implications (as is the case with almost every suicide) are yet [...]
I arrived in New York City on Tuesday night and am right now at the Pre-Conference on Emotionally Healthy Skills for marriages. The actual Pastors and Leaders Conference is on Friday & Saturday.
However, there is so much good stuff being taught here. I want you to be able to partake of it. One way you [...]
I hope this note finds you basking in at least a little bit of the sunshine God has given us today. I find myself often throughout these last few days just sensing Cathy Haedt’s smile.
I can only imagine that her home going has been filled with precious moments of reunion and celebration. A couple of [...]
Heaven has to be truly rejoicing to have Cathy Haedt in the presence of Jesus right now! When I saw her earlier this morning, I remembered her telling me on Monday that she wanted the battle to end, but she didn’t know how to “go from here to there.”
She clearly knew the battle on this [...]
