Thinking of Jacob

April 18, 2020Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
Baptism Here is a video of Jacob getting baptized last year.  This makes me feel blessed to think of everything that came together for this to happen.  I like that I was able to baptize him.  I never baptized someone before and I am very blessed to have the opportunity to baptize Jacob. My dad came and took some photos.  My friend Bill Ackerley came and took video footage…

My Thesis For Today

February 27, 2020Posted inVillage Posts6 Comments
How the relationship between MY church and God reflect/impact MY relationship with my wife. The Bible talks of how a husband and wife interact and love/submit to one another in a way that mirrors the relationship of Jesus and His church.  I have believed this the entire time that I’ve been married.  My view of my church and how my church relates to Jesus has impacted my marriage.  After…

Mineral Creek, NM | 10.2019

October 24, 2019Posted inVillage Posts
"My wife told me to stop acting like a flamingo. - So I had to put my foot down." Ryan, Corey, Keith and I went backpacking for 3 days and 2 nights. We enjoyed letting our hair down and being a bunch of goofballs :) I am glad that I didn't get hurt on an old piece of metal that I fell near. I am thankful for the trip…

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing – Beat-box

October 4, 2019Posted inVillage Posts2 Comments
So, I was working behind the soundboard, not really paying attention apparently ... This songs starts out with a beautiful guitar beat that I got lost in - I still get lost in it - as I just enjoy it so much. As I was enjoying this guitar beat in the original recording, after the song started and was well underway, I noticed Eric walk over and slide microphone…

Books of the Bible Song

September 28, 2019Posted inVillage Posts
Almost a year ago, I crafted a video to go along with the Books of the Bible song that Susan Cepin recorded. As new Villagers, Eric asked me to create a video for the kid vespers. This is the first video that I made for the Village. I started to put this video together at my first art night at the Village and then I continued to finish it…

Here We Are

September 19, 2019Posted inJacob Barr4 Comments
It is hard to describe a frustrating church experience as I have been conditioned to always be careful to never cause a split.  Church shopping is very difficult because truly authentic reviews are often found on products on Amazon but are vastly quiet on the church scene. So my backstory contains details that are hard to share as they paint a frustrating experience as if my church experience ‘wheels’…

Neo-Monastic Mega-House

September 6, 2019Posted inJacob Barr4 Comments
You want Daiquiri Ice right?  (Daiquiri Ice is my sister’s favorite flavor at Baskin Robbins 31 flavors.) Denominations and sub-denominations result in recognizable flavors of church – which help someone pick a few free samples before deciding which one to commit to a full scoop. When explaining which church we are going to – to friends – we eventually found that the way we talked about church was no…