I recently started taking lunch-time walks with Micah, my five-year-old. We talk about his day, what we see around us, and occasionally things like "what it means to be a man". But today went differently. He and I headed out in the beautiful sunshine talking about a recent fight he had with a friend (and the forgiveness we need to offer in our hearts each time we think about it). Then we struck up a conversation with a new neighbor who was outside working on his car. Ricky wa

I love playing strategy games. RISK is a favorite as is SETTLERS OF CATAN. I love the thrill of winning - and so do my opponents. If I ever forget that they want to win as much as I do OR if I forget what it takes to ACTUALLY WIN then I've begun losing already. You see, both RISK and SETTLERS have things you can do within the game that, if done as part of accomplishing your mission, will help you win. But if you forget your overall purpose you might be happily conquering an u

Sunday morning we looked in Acts 2:42 at how the early church “devoted themselves” (that phrase also happens in verse 46.) My goal for FBC is for us to have 10% of Deer Park “devote themselves” with us to the apostle’s teaching each Sunday. My suggestion is we plan to experience this five years from now in 2022. That’s right, 400 smiling faces like Roger, Jennifer, Joe (either one!), Becky, and Darrel. That means we need to welcome 25 more like Susan, Matthew and Lela in 201