We are now in the third week of 2023. I am not a fan of making resolutions at a designated time of the year, but I am a fan of renewal and working…

I love that the first and most prominent thing we see God do is to create and organize. If someone were to pick up the Bible looking to understand God, halfway through the first sentence, they would…

I probably quote one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies, Elf, several times throughout December when leading worship or just in general conversation. We went out caroling around…

This year I have the honor of playing Simon Peter, one of Jesus’s disciples, for the inside scene of the Living Nativity. The inside scene is designed to…

Last Sunday, we held our All Church Gathering. It is a time of celebration where we come together and reflect on what God has done through…

Happy Thanksgiving week, Hillspring family!

This is such an incredible time of year! From Thanksgiving through the season…

For the past couple of years, our Hillspring Youth has focused on gratitude for November. It just makes sense with the holiday season and, more specifically, Thanksgiving. Last Wednesday, I gave our youth a…

It’s November, and the holidays are quickly approaching. I’ve seen Christmas decorations in Hobby Lobby since July and in Target since mid-October.

One of the many blessings of working at the church is the opportunity to walk our grounds. Each season has its beauty. I often walk around the fountain and think about…

We have a solid list of 40 songs we rotate through when we worship together as a church family. I enjoy writing articles on these songs to…

As a church, we have discussed the need to connect, develop, change and become. This past weekend, I had the chance to…

I love all the energy and enthusiasm happening on campus this Fall. One area you can see that energy bubbling up is on Wednesday mornings. It starts with laughs, hugs, and…

A couple Sundays ago, our good friend Reggie McNeal came and visited us! While here, he encouraged us to move deeper into living and experiencing life as God intended AND to be …

Ah, fall. It’s that hectic time of year again, and with two busy teenagers if we don’t make our family time a priority it won’t happen. God commanded us to “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6). I take care of my…

With the blessing of growing up in a small farming community in the '50s and '60s, my childhood was akin to a Norman Rockwell painting. The TV did not get turned on until the 6:00 news, and we ate our meals at the table. Sundays always included…

This morning was our Fall Kickoff at Hillspring! It was awesome to worship together then share lunch with so many friends as we celebrated our ministries, signed up for new classes and reflected on…

The new song we sang in worship yesterday is likely the final one we will introduce this year. Yes, there is a method to the madness of which songs we sing, how many we have in our repertoire, and when/how we introduce them. This so-called madness provides…

During my renewal time this summer, a passage from Galatians kept coming to me, “… the only thing that counts is faith working through love." (Galatians 5:6) That passage really carved my time away as I focused more and more on how Paul's words spoke to me as a disciple and as a leader of our church.

One of the favorite things about my job is the opportunities I have to help people. I enjoy getting calls from people either asking for prayer requests or advice. Recently,

There are rare moments when eyes light up, lightbulbs turn on, and audible ooohhhhs are heard that let everyone know, “I get it now.”