Last weekend, I officiated my second wedding ever.  I knew the bride from college. I had the hardest time writing out the homily for it.  The homily’s the part where the officiant gives (hopefully) a short message relating to the couple and their upcoming life in marriage.  There were a few contributing factors to my more »

We were in my high school Sunday School teacher’s (Marge) living room.  It was a youth Bible study on the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).  There were probably around 20 youth in that room.  I was a youth group counselor. Most of the people in the room knew all the “right” answers from more »

It’s a bit hard to believe, but Baylight will be celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year.  10 years ago in 2002, a small group that met in a living room launched Baylight. On Sunday June 24th, we will commemorate this milestone by remembering the past, celebrating the present, and looking toward the future. Mike more »

For as long as I can remember, Baylight has always kept an office.  I remember going to the office years ago for prayer meetings, small group leaders’ meetings, staff meetings, intern meetings, and well… fantasy baseball drafts. We don’t have all those meetings anymore but we still keep an office. From time to time, I more »

Thanks church for practicing and exploring Lent with me this year! I have a bunch of random, unconnected thoughts left over from the experience so, this post will have bullet points: I was surprised that I had such a hard time remembering Jesus throughout Lent considering that the reason why I went into it was more »