Story Point Community Church

I performed an experiment during my run today. Instead of running my six mile course, I ran my three mile course twice. I wanted to see how that would affect me mentally and physically. I had a suspicion, but I was wrong. (more…)

There is a song by Toby Mac that seems to come up on random quite frequently on my runs. It is called “Yours” and it describes his desire to surrender himself completely to God. There is one line in particular that speaks to me lately. (more…)

I’m tempted to be afraid of what’s ahead of us. The questions about location still loom and I want to be frightened about the days that are coming. (more…)

There is no greater spiritual high than running 12 miles with brain-rattling praise music pumping through your mp3 player. If you have not tried it, be sure to do it soon. (more…)

So often we think. “Okay I have been praying for days, and having faith. Oh yes there you are God.” And we settle for that. We waited for this moment for a while, and we are so busy we can’t enjoy it. (more…)

When I was a kid, I used to play rough with my GI Joes. They went on secret underwater missions. They jumped from airplanes with and without parachutes. They sometimes were captured and put in front of a firing squad (my bb gun). They went everywhere with me. They were my constant companions. I did not have another toy that I loved more than my GI Joes. (more…)

Jesus can see the future. He knows that when his faithful ones act they make marks on the very fabric of eternity. In the middle of Luke’s gospel Jesus sends out the 72 – they go throughout the cities evangelizing, healing, and (more…)

I had an epiphany. It happened at about mile four of my run today. There is a point in the message that Dan is giving for the SWAT team Sundays that describes the story of Paul and Silas in the jail. (more…)

I hope others see that I am very simple. I think I have it easy, becuase I find joy in the little things. It does not take much for me to be happy. The things other people see everyday, and can not remember why or how it is important. I try to look at and tell myself why this should matter. I also learned (more…)

Last week my family and I walked through a vicious strain of the stomach flu, I’ll save you the sloppy details but during that time we had a window of health. A single day when we thought we were done (it came back later with a vengeance). On our day of clarity we found a Baskin Robbins and had ice cream. (more…)