John Mark Comer

I live in Portland, OR, with my wife Tammy and our three kids – Jude, Moses and Sunday. Portland is this great city in the Pacific Northwest buzzing with culture - food, drink, coffee, indie bands, and lots of depressed people. I love it.I'm the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown Church, right in the center of the city (by Powell's Books if you've ever been to Portland). We're part of a family of churches spread across the greater Portland area. We have this saying - "In Portland as it is in heaven" - that basically sums up what we're all about.I'm also the author of a couple books; My name is Hope: anxiety, depression, and life after melancholy, and my most recent is Loveology: God. Love. Marriage. Sex. And the never-ending story of male and female with Zondervan. The next one comes out this fall and it’s called Garden city: Work, rest, and the art of being human.The plan is to wrap up a Masters Degree from Western Seminary this year. I've been on the five year plan. That's a whole other story...If any of the stuff on this site is helpful to you, great. My life's ambition is to learn Jesus' teachings, become more like him, and carry on his work in the world. My prayer is that the stuff I make helps you do the same.