Doxologist ContentPastor Tim’s Summer: Vacation, Retreat, Jonah and Bob Kauflin
Here’s a quick update of some of what has been going on in my world over the summer…
After a crazy year I have been taking some time off with the family the last few weeks. We were able to get in a camping trip, a little time at a place near Leavenworth, WA and about a week on the Oregon coast. The hours have really counted up in recent months so it has been good to get some time away, enjoy my family and take stock of things.
This week we also had our annual elders retreat. It was only a couple nights but it was a joy to spend time with my fellow pastors and their wives. We have a tremendous team of guys and praise God for how he has brought us together. Truly nothing in all creation besides Jesus could bring together such a different mix of men.
I am also looking forward to the month of August as I am sharing the preaching duties with Pastor Bubba Jennings at the Ballard campus as we preach through the book of Jonah. It’s going to be a great 4 week series as we look at Jonah’s story and how it challenges us to confront our own idols and love the city where God has placed us. Bubba is preaching chapters 1 & 3 and I have 2 & 4. I will post the sermons here in addition to our main mars hill website so you can check it out.
Lastly, I am actually writing this from our nation’s capitol, Washington DC (actually suburb north of DC called Gaithersburg). Joel Brown and I are out for the bi-annual Worship God Conference. The conference is put on by my dear friend Bob Kauflin and Sovereign Grace Ministries. If you haven’t heard of Bob’s blog Worship Matters I highly recommend you check it out. I have gotten acquainted with Bob over the last year and he has become a friend and a bit of a mentor to me. He is a wise man who has been a worship pastor for many, many years, raised 5 kids to love Jesus and now serves in leading Sovereign Grace’s worship ministry across their network of churches. I got to spend a day with him earlier this year during the Resurgence Text and Context conference and was able to record an interview. We posted the whole thing on the Resurgence site but we have now broken it up into small pieces and will release an interview a day during the Worship God conference. Joel and I will also be posting our thoughts as the conference continues.
Pastor Tim, those are some super cute little girls you and your wife have there! :)
I’m looking forward to the Jonah series, that book perplexes me somewhat. I want to know what happens to Jonah after he stops writing– does he go down to live in Nineveh? does he return home? does he curse God and die in the sun cozying up to a dead vine on the ground? Does it matter what happens to Jonah at all!? (why does the book end where it does?)
Thank you for the “radio” on this page, my kids and I listen together from time to time. My 6 yr old daughter particularly likes E-Pop’s Come Thou Fount, which is great fun to hear her sing! :)