Welcome to Church Simplified

A simplified approach to being the church
discovering a close personal relationship with the godhead

The unexpected journey: the journey continues

This past weekend I challenged the family to take the time they had been giving to electronic things and apply it to being creative. As summer has arrived and school has fallen into the faded memory of long ago, the activity of choice has been something...

The unexpected journey: the journey continues

I awakened quite early this morning realizing that I had just another dream in what seems to be a series of dreams. This is becoming a pattern whereby I dream something awakening at 4:00 am before drifting back to sleep. This morning was different though the usual...

The unexpected journey: the journey continues

The other day my wife and I were talking about Hebrews chapters 10 and 11. After reading a portion of the scripture she commented that what stood out to her were the words vision and purpose. As we looked at that in context with the passage, it became clear that the...

The unexpected journey: the journey continues

It has been far too long since the last post. In fact, it may have been so long that no one now cares to read about it because life has surrounded them with so much stuff—both good and bad, both enjoyable and miserable, both wanted and unwanted. I suppose that there...

Current Events

The focus of this website isn’t to capitalize on current events for the sake of gaining an audience. However from time to time, current events stir me to the point of action--which for me is writing.  Below are those stories. Where is the unifier? After reading...

The unexpected journey: a path to manhood

This marks the final post in the path to manhood. I think that one important element in this journey is learning how to recognize that inner witness, that certain unction, that still small voice—as the bible describes it. As I mentioned in the last post, that certain...