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Three Musketeers

Jaydubbs — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:58 +0000

For the past 2+ years I’ve had the privilege of serving alongside two amazing guys, Brian Wurzell and Ryan Axtell. We were the three worship leaders across the Cornerstone campus and we really knew how to work well with each other and take care of one another.

Brian is a tremendous leader and visionary agent for the Kingdom of Christ and Ryan holds discipleship and caring for people so highly that it’s hard not to feel like his best friend when you meet him.

I will surely miss being part of the team, working and progressing with these guys and the other musicians and volunteers that helped make Cornerstone worship the amazing ministry that it is.

Love these guys. You can follow their blogs here: Brian Wurzell – Ryan Axtell

And yes…Ryan will bash your door down with that keyboard if you don’t visit his blog.

Paying It Forward

Jaydubbs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:22:36 +0000

Last night Jess and I decided to go to Chilis for a special dinner together (yes…Chilis does mean “special” to us). We had been there for about an hour and had just finished our meal when one of the servers picked up our tab and debit card to pay. She quickly returned after going into the kitchen and told us that our bill had been paid for.

Excuse me?

We thought it must have been a mistake for sure. Someone must have paid the wrong bill. The receipts got mixed up. Something.

But she insistently said that there was no confusion…someone had actually paid for our dinner anonymously. She knew who it was, but promised to the table that paid that she wouldn’t tell us who it was.

Looking around in astonishment, there was no one that we knew. No friends or family being cute. Just a gracious act of pure kindness from complete strangers.

Jess and I think that it may have something to do with the fact that I was recently cut from my job at Cornerstone because of budget cuts (see A New Day post). We saw a van outside with a Cornerstone sticker on it. But who really knows.

God is simply continuing to expose us to His faithfulness and providence. Even in the midst of hard seasons and huge transition, He is steadfast in His love for us and His promise of a future for us.

Even in small things like a free dinner. That’s just how He rolls.

Jess and I are having fun trying to come up with a great idea on how to give that generosity back…

Have you ever been given something that meant a lot to you by an anonymous giver? Did you find a way to extend that same grace to someone else in need?

A New Day

Jaydubbs — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:01:13 +0000

September 2009 will go down in the books as a month of unforeseeable, radical change. It’s a long story but, I got let go from my job leading worship at my home church Cornerstone.

Ok. It’s a short story.

But seriously though. I’ve been serving there for 10 years. From the surface it amounted to an economic recession leading to non-existent tithing leading to ministry budget and personnel cuts leading to me writing this compelling piece of literature.

There are many more details beyond a bad economy, but that is neither here nor there and someday maybe I will tell my grandchildren and you can hear about it through the grapevine or something.

Anyways, back to change. My wife Jessica and I are embarking on a new fantastic journey in which God has yet to unfold completely but has begun to show us sparks and glimmers of. We are excited and free. And part of that change is me having more time to do things that I love…at least right now. So hence, a brand spankin new blog for the masses from yours truly.

It is my hope to create conversation, laugh, cry, explore, learn, play, teach, and love here in digital form. And I have lots of ideas brewing inside my feeble noggin. Stay tuned on the flip friends…

Much love.