The Choice is Yours.
Marriages. Families. Friendships. Churches. Coworkers. Neighbors. Teammates. Politicians. Countries. Every relationship, at one time or another has conflict. It’s inevitable. It’s unavoidable....
View ArticleMove.
Travel the world. Shoot one second of footage at each location. Put it all together…and this is the result. Amazing. Absolutely love the creativity. And I love to travel. So I’m uber jealous.
View ArticleWestport NEXT.
It’s been a busy summer around our church. In between serving our community and numerous baptisms (yes!), we’ve been praying, dreaming, planning, and preparing for the next chapter of Westport...
View ArticlePictures: Santvana
I’m on the ground in India this week. Yesterday and today our team is in Pune at Santvana Home. This is a home for abandoned children, many with AIDS, that Westport loves and invests in deeply – both...
View ArticleWorth Repeating: Preaching.
My brother Jeremy shared this quote from Rob Bell. It’s good. So I thought I’d share it, too. When you preach… you open yourself to the possibility of misinterpretation and confusion and anger and...
View ArticleSo This is Christmas: The Extend Project.
7 families are celebrating Christmas this year differently because of Westport Church. Nope. That’s not a typo. Westport had set out to serve 5 special families in need this Christmas, but because of...
View ArticleGive Us This Day
My little four year old, Garrett, loves to find and leave nuts on the deck for “Mr. Squirrel”. Last week we set these three acorns out: within five minutes they were gone. Smart squirrel! Here’s the...
View ArticleTuned Up, Tuned In.
Stumbled on a great quote from A.W. Tozer this morning: “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by...
View ArticleWhat Did You Do When You Turned 21?
For over 3 years, Westport has sponsored and invested in Santvana Children’s Home in Pune, India. It’s a key way as a church that we’re living out our passion for extending God’s Kingdom. Yesterday...
View ArticleDon’t Miss It.
I’ve been reminded recently about a quote I love by Jim Elliot: “wherever you are, be all there.” What reminded me of it? The awareness that I haven’t been doing it very well. At all. Lately there...
View ArticleTransitioning.
Anyone who has known Leslee and me for any amount of time knows this: We’re nuts about each other. We’re nuts about our kids. We’re nuts about Jesus, and love making much of who he is. We’re nuts...
View ArticleNew Assignment: Heading South to go North(land).
In February, Leslee and I felt God guiding us to transition from the church where we were currently serving in Portland. Those were some real “gut check” days: we had no idea where we would be going...
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