• News on Heights Church

    I pastor Heights Church in Columbia Heights, MN. Here is a brief video on our new property. Visit us at our CHURCH WEBSITE. Please pray about helping out!  

  • Podcast: Building the Great House of God — Hungry for More of Jesus

    This was a message preached at Heights Church on August 2. We are walking through a series based on 1 Peter 2:1-10. More information about Heights Church, GO HERE.    

  • The tragedies we don’t bemoan

    Two separate mass killings over the weekend… at least. No big details. We probably won’t have any “need” for follow up, but just a quick glance down my Yahoo news feed gave headlines of a shooting in Houston leaving 8 dead and a shooting in Vermont that left 4 dead. Twelve dead in just two separate incidents. And we probably…

  • The church that is… and is to come

    On a hike through a state park on Madeline Island (part of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior) I took a couple of pictures where the Lord spoke specifically to me about the American Church and our spiritual condition. This blown down tree came from a huge wind storm in 1991. Winds reached 100 mph hour off Lake Superior and…

  • Beauty from the ashes

    Majesty awaits the American Church.

  • Resilience

    I took this picture along Lake Superior on a hike. The Lord spoke strongly to me about resilience. We are to PRESS IN. Persevere! Don’t give up. Through the wind and the storms that tree has stood strong. It is time for the church to understand its roots… and to STAND. Be resilient in prayer. Be resilient in faith. Stand.…

  • Jesus takes note

    God doesn’t forget the ones who gave their all.

  • Losing sight of TRUE LIFE

    When #catlivesmatter gets more headway than #blacklivesmatter, I am really angry.

  • The need for greed

    We wrestle with consumerism and materialism. I take that back. Some have long surrendered, actually. We may even fake wrestling because, quite frankly, we like our stuff. But when I read these challenging verses out of Luke’s Gospel, I am left with an aching heart, quite honestly. I realized today the compelling force of what Jesus says so plainly in…

  • The culture of LIFE

    It’s is incredibly unfortunate that “pro-choice” people are now recycling a quote from Catholic nun Joan Chittister from back in 2004: “I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a…