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About 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.

Thoughts on Thanksgiving

I need to spend some time this morning thinking about Thanksgiving and planning for our services. I want to celebrate Thanksgiving within the context of the ‘overflow.’ Here is the context of the command in the scriptures to ‘overflow with thanksgiving.’ “So then, just … Continue reading

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Meditation on Hope

I’m going to take some time this morning to meditate on the concept of hope. I was talking about meditation with a friend this morning, discussing yoga and Eastern meditation techniques. I am admittedly mostly ignorant of these practices, but I really consider my … Continue reading

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Trinity Church Worship Ministry Goals

[These goals were shared in a talk I gave at a Worship Ministries Workshop on 9/15/07.] I’d like to close our time today by sharing my vision for worship ministries at Trinity Church. But first of all I want to take you on … Continue reading

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Reflections on Investing Wiser

Well, I’ve been out of commission for 8 days now. It was last week Monday that I came down with a fever. Two visits to urgent care and one to my doctor, now on a different antibiotic and I’m finally on the … Continue reading

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Reflections on Reaching Wider

Just a few reflections on ‘Reaching Wider,’ the topic of our spilling over sermon last Sunday. First of all, Mark Brown did a fantastic job of uncovering the Scripture where Paul declares that we are called to be Christ’s ambassadors. … Continue reading

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Reflections on Going Deeper

Going Deeper – that was the title of our sermon and the focus of our service on Sunday. This ‘Spilling Over’ series has been very exciting and on Sunday I was feasting on a meal of truth from Galatians 5:16-26. Our pastor, Gary Inrig, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Spilling Over

The ‘Spilling Over’ series has begun at our church. I am so hopeful that this is going to be a significant refocusing time for our church. We need some marching orders that unify us with a renewed excitement and passion for life in Christ … Continue reading

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Brokenness

It feels good to be back from a week at Forest Home family camp. I had such a great time but apart from the lighthearted fun together it was like soul surgery – two speakers a day, small groups, and lots of one-on-one time … Continue reading

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The God Who Controls the Pigs

Having missed a week of my ‘listening time,’ I’m not sure where to jump back in. I celebrated my 11th anniversary last week up in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. Mom and Dad put Julie and me up in a … Continue reading

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On Unconditional Love

I want to recount my experience in court on Thursday. It was perhaps one of the most profound moments I’ve ever had. In juvenile court there is a lot of dysfunction, abuse, anger, neglect, brokenness and heartbreaking sadness. Every case … Continue reading

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