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bornfun
I'm married with 4 kids, an orange farmer, a pastor and worship leader at Trinity Church. I love God and I love people. I seek to be wholly devoted to the glory of God, living all of my life as worship to Him.
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Affirmation #3 – Holistic Personal Transformation
February 6, 2008 7:26 AM On a personal note, today is a very exciting day in the Born household. Around noon, we will sign the adoption papers for Maria. Exactly a year ago I wrote these words: The real issue … Continue reading
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Affirmation #1 – The Glory of God
January 23, 2008 7:17 AM I am challenging my worship ministries teams to mainly one area of growth this year. Of course there are other needs for growth, but they our dwarfed by our need for this, and they will … Continue reading
Posted in Bill's Blog, Church, Leading Worship, Worship
Tagged centrality of the Bible, Holy Spirit, Prayer, supremacy of Christ, the glory of God
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Trinity Church’s Philosophy of Ministry
January 16, 2008 9:21 AM Last weekend at our Pastoral Staff Retreat and then again at our staff meeting yesterday, we discussed the Trinity Philosophy of Ministry. A discussion like this is what fires me up and makes me excited … Continue reading
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Overflow
Welcome to the Overflow – forsaking the American pursuit of safe, comfortable, manageable and clean living for something much more exciting and dangerous and dare we say, biblical. I am writing this to encourage men to open up their lives … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Worship
Tagged adoption, Bible, Calling, Christ, Comfort, Fruit of the Holy Spirit, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord
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Sharing Our Maria Story
This past week, Julie and I shared our Maria story with our church family. It was an incredible experience preparing for and then delivering our story 4 times during the worship services. (Video no longer available.) Julie and I re-lived it … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christianity, church, Faith Story, Family, Hope, Religion and Spirituality, Testimony, Worship Service
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The Work of the Kingdom
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am most thankful for the life that God has given me. I am overflowing with joy and thanksgiving and can hardly wait to declare that in worship tonight at our Thanksgiving Eve service. Last week, I … Continue reading
The Work I Was Created to Do
Next week on Monday is a very important court date for Maria. I’ve got nervous anticipation and strong hopes that things will actually progress as planned. This is called the “two six” hearing that removes parental rights and begins our … Continue reading
My Desire for Fruitful Ministry
One of the things that I’m wrestling with lately is the desire to see fruit overflowing out of my life. I see a lot of growth in the people I serve in worship ministries – spiritual growth, growth in musicianship, … Continue reading
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Thank You for Saving Me
This is from my journal last year as I reflected upon Thanksgiving. How do you think we are going to open our Thanksgiving Eve service this year? 11.29.06 7:19 AM Before I jump into a study this morning, I should … Continue reading
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Reflections on Nick Vujicic’s visit
I’m still giddy with excitement and overflowing with praise to God for what happened at our church on Sunday afternoon. We had Nick Vujicic of ‘Life Without Limbs’ speak to us. Nick is man who was born without arms or … Continue reading
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Born to Worship 