Life
Saturday morning thoughts…
This morning I am sitting here and just thinking about my oldest son, Ashton. In just a few weeks he will enter into our Jr. High ministry. He is very excited to finally be old enough to be a part of what we do on a weekly basis. He looks forward to serving and learning [...]
16May2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Social Justice
In light of all the organizations that are reaching out and trying to make a difference from a social justice perspective, we are reminded that we are to care for the poor. There are so many different ways to make an impact that I could not even begin to mention them here. A few that [...]
21Apr2009 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
I love my job
Just yesterday I was able to reconnect with a friend that I had in college but have not talked too or seen for at least 10 years. In an email he shared this with me.
“David,
It is so good to see you doing what you love. I have combed over your facebook site and the other [...]
am I doing anything?
I have been really struggling with this blog/site over the last several weeks and trying to figure out what needs to be done with it. I have looked at some other things and have finally decided what I want to do with my blog/site. Here is the verdict.
In the last several months as I have [...]
Who’s next to you?
This is an age old question in youth ministry and a question that has been around in evangelism circles forever. This past week in a devotion by one of our staff members he touched on this a little and got me thinking about several different things.
Evangelism requires us to know those who live next [...]
Pray for our church
I woke up this morning to a voice message on my cell phone. It was our executive minister letting me know that the Senior Minister’s son, Mike Merold had died. Mike is our pastoral care guy and was phenomenal at it. I remember the first time I went on a call with him. It was [...]
9Apr2008 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
My Little Bimbo
Every once in a while I come across something that really surprises me about the world that we live in. Today, it was this article from serioustimes.com
My Little Bimbo
Imagine a website that encourages plastic surgery and extreme dieting in the search for the perfect figure.
Not hard to imagine, right?
Now imagine such a website designed for [...]
Francis Chan – Prayer
This morning while I was running at the gym I was listening to a podcast that featured Francis Chan. During the podcast the host asked a question that went something like this, “If you were to give any advice to a young leader what would it be?”
Francis then went on to say something that [...]
Easter is it Personal or Professional
As a Student Minister for the last 15 years I have often struggled around holidays with my immediate family. Easter had become something that I celebrated form a professional level and had little experience around on a personal level. The routine went something like this for several years: Go to bed after putting [...]
22Mar2008 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
Review of “Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed”
I had the opportunity this past Wednesday to preview this new movie in a private screening that I was invited too. Many of you may know who Ben Stein is and have seen one of the 80 different movies that he has been involved with or even read one of his 8 different books [...]
14Mar2008 | David Mehrle | View Comments | Continued
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Nicely written, Dave. Except that I've gotta push you some on number 1. How is it that we ...
Kyle you are exactly right. Too often we go to a conference or a friends church and we decide ...
Know your community.I see this time and time again, the service is made up of other peoples ideas and what ...
You become thankful for a good pit crew, a spare tire in the trunk, and the jack that you remembered ...
Glad to see what God is doing for you guys. Praying for you! 
Regretfully, I don't really have as much time as I'd like to read, since college is so demanding, but I ...
That's awesome. Really cool. 
That's awesome. Ashton is a good kid! On his way to changing lots of lives. 
Hey, guys thanks for all the encouragement and support that you are offering right now and have offered over the ...
