Church on Pointe
Dave ShieldsI realized that I have not provided any updates as to what is happening with me after I left my old home church of Northwest Baptist Church. After an extensive…
Learning to answer the Spirit
On Sunday night, I made a very major decision that I would not have imagined I would ever make. I turned in a resignation for my position as the lead…
Gods words, not mine
As a pastor a few years ago, I remember what it felt like when God would take my words and speak for me. It was amazing to hear words that…
Adventures in Executorship 3 – No Estate Tax
I spoke to my CPA about all of the estate matters recently and and found quite a lot of useful information. The most important of these pieces of information is…
Adventures in Executorship 2 – Letters
It has been a little time since anything interesting has happened but this last weekend has been interesting. At this point I am over halfway through the Christianson book and…
Adventures in Executorship
I know that this is a paradigm shift from the posts you are used to seeing on here but I wanted to make use of this blog since it has…
Courageous
It’s been some time since I posted here, been very busy with things not related to spiritual growth and that’s been part of the problem. I am going through my…
A Few Funny Moments in ESL
It has been a considerable amount of time since I have posted anything here. To be honest, the only reason is that I have simply been too busy to post…
Changing Angles
After submitting my resume, providing many different references, and weeks of waiting. I have been declined the Youth Ministry position I was seeking at a local church. I have to…
A Great Analogy for Christian Life…
I am in the process of finishing out the last few pages of Brennan Manning’s wonderful book “The Ragamuffin Gospel” and I came across a story that seemed very familiar…