Over the course of the last few months I have felt God directing me to look at becoming a Sr. Pastor of a church.  Trust me this was never in my though process and I never had any desire to ever become a Sr. Pastor.  However I also can’t deny when God appears to be working in my life.  After the counsel of several close friends telling me that I should at least consider the option of a Sr. Pastor I decided to jump in.  I have sent my resume out to a few churches and have had some churches interested in me but they were not a good fit.  If you know of a church looking for a Pastor and would like to pass along my resume you can find it here or by just clicking on Pastor Resume on the right side of this site.  You may also feel free to download the resume and jut check it out to see how I have put it together.  Trust me I am no expert but feel free to use my resume for a guide if you would like.

I was recently checking my stats on google and I was floored that I have had around 68 hits last month for people just searching for youth pastor resume.  So I went to google and typed in youth pastor resume  and was surprised to see that my site landed number 8 on the first page.  Wow that is cool.  Apparently there are some people looking for help with their resumes.  If you ever want to talk about your resume or would like some help please feel free to send me an email. If you have any questions about ministry and would like to ask me I would love to talk with you.  Well if you want to check out my youth pastor resume you can check it out here feel free to download it and check it out.  Use it as a guide or whatever you want.

Today was fathers day and it was a wonderful and great day.  This is a fathers day I will never forget.  Sure I had the usual fathers day steak and the good food, I got the fathers day cards and it was awesome to be with my son on fathers day.  In addition to this we had an awesome church picnic and swimming at the lake, there was a whole hog smoked it was awesome even thoughI did not eat any hog (diet).

Though all of this was awesome it pails in comparison to the best fathers day present I could get.  You see a few months back my daughter came to know Jesus Christ as her personal Savior.  After talking with her on several occasions she decided that she wanted to be baptized and tonight I had the most wonderful privilege of baptizing my daughter.  This is a fathers day I will ever forget and that I will remember until the day I die.  Thanks so much Pastor Tim you will never know how much this has meant to me.

I know that is seems that there is controversy over Rap Music in fact I know of some people that would hate rap music no matter how Godly the lyrics might be.  However I do not fall into that camp.  In fact I love Rap Music.  That reminds me of an old DC Talk song that said  ”I luv rap music, I always have, and I always will”.

A little over a year ago I started listening to Shai Linne and was immediately blown away by the lyrics.  This guy’s music in one song typically has more then you hear in one year of some churches.  This morning while exercising on of his songs came on the ipod.  The name of the song is Atonement Q and A.  I have to tell you as I was going through my exercise and listened to the song I could not help but think how often our churches are failing at teaching any type of theology from the pulpit yet in one song a lot is taught.  I may not agree with every minor point but at least and attempt is made.  So look at the lyrics below and perhaps learn some Theology from a rap song.

It was a long time coming.  I still remember the early days in my ministry after I had been ministering at First Baptist Church in Atlanta MO and right before I went to Exeter Bible Church in PA I was going to be ordained.  However Exeter wanted to ordain me so I held off.  The problem came when 9 months after I arrived at Exeter the pastor left and we began a rather long search for a pastor.  We did find a Pastor and a few years after that I thought it might be a good time to go through the ordination process.  Once again it was halted by my resignation and my subsequent move back to Missouri.

This all leads me up to where God may possibly be leading me.  After moving back to Missouri I began to try to find a church to minister in as a youth pastor with little success.  During this this time of looking for a youth pastorate I had many friends and family ask me if I had ever considered beign a Sr. Pastor.  To be honest that has never even really been on my radar.  So often my response has simply been no and God has called me to youth ministry.  However that began to change for me over time.

I became a member at FBC macon nearly a year ago.  I needed a place where my wife and myself could find healing and a place that we could call home.  We found it at FBC macon.   I have had the priviledge t osit under some great teachign while being there and have had the awesome privledge to have to pastors I consider friends.  I know these men love me and I feel the same way about them.  It was at this church that God began to change my though process.  It was here that God let minister.  It was a few months ago that I had a conversation with Pastor Tim and we began to talk and he said “i believe God may be calling you to be Sr. Pastor”  and htough I had heard this many times before this time it was sinking in.

After that conversation I began to pray even harder and seek what God could be saying to me.  Though I did not feel I had a clear answer from God I did feel that if God wanted this He would reveal it to me.  So I decided to pursue it a little farther and I submitted my resume to a couple pf church that I felt would be a good fit for me.  I really did not expect to get a call.  One of those churches called me within minutes after receiveing my resume, in addition I have been contacted by other church that received my resume from others.  Could htis be the Lord’s leading?  Right now I believe it is indeed God’s direction.  God has given me a peace about this which I never though I would have.  I pray for god to lead me to the right place.

To top all of this off I had a wonderful ordination service this past Sunday night.  The encouragement I recieved form the deacons and other pastors was overwhelming to me.  I am honored the FBC Macon has seen qualities in me worthy of Ordination.  I want to be where God wants me and nowhere else and if that mean I am a Sr. Pastor that is what I want.  Please pray for God’s direction.

One year ago today my son was born. Micah John Monda was a surprise to both my wife and I. After nearly 8 years of trying to have a second child Micah came along. What miracle he was then and still is. He brings joy to our lives on an everyday basis with our daughter Sarai. There is nothing quite like seeing a baby develop and begin to smile and in some cases to see their daddy in them. I hope people see my daddy in me I hope my life point to my heavenly father. I will write more later on some amazing things God is doing in my life right now. Here are some pics of my son.

This is a powerful video that not only all teens should see but all people. It is worth a few moments of your time

One show I like to watch around my house is Bizarre foods.  Now I know that this show may gross some people out but for me the culinary appetite of Andrew Zimmern is mind boggling.  He often seems to have a way of taking some food that you may think sounds like the grossest things in the world abd make it sound good and even seem good when he tries it.

If you have not watched Bizarre foods it is on the Travel Channel on Tuesdays at 10pm eastern.  On the show Andrew tries everything that you could possible imagine.  From bats, to intestines, to everything in between.  many times I wish I could be in the countries that he travels too and try some of the food he tries.  Though I may never experience it I sometimes feel as though I get to experience it through him.  Here is a sneak peak of tomorrows episode.  I encourage you to stop by and watch it remember Tuesdays at 10pm on the travel channel.

I found this video and thought I would share.  The guy taking the order is good.

Came across this video a little while ago and really liked it.

You have to check out this video.  Go take a look it is awesome.

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