How long have you been a pastor at Logos?

PM: In January, it will be 3 years.

PS: To be honest, I don't really remember like 100, but it has to be at least 4 years.

Can you tell us some about the story behind your calling as a pastor?

PM: It was one of the most scariest moments of my life. The infancy of my walk with the Lord began in church-planting, so I was exposed to the emotional stress and spiritual warfare that pastors underwent pretty early on. Just seven months into my walk, the Lord called me to pastor through a dream. I remember being in and out of sleep and pushing a handwritten letter away yelling "you’ve got the wrong guy!" I didn't say anything for months and after I finally told Pastor Tom, we prayed for a few months until it was confirmed by him, other men in our community, and through God's word. At that point, it was all about learning, listening, failing, and repenting. Seven years later through further prayer and confirmation, I was installed as an elder at Logos Community Church.

PS: During a Men’s Retreat I felt the call to be a pastor, even though I didn’t fully understand what it meant. After telling Pastor Tom, his response was simply, "Start acting like one." A year later my calling was confirmed through the church and I have served as the Worship Leader for Logos Community McAllen. It has been the scariest most nerve-wracking thing ever.

If you weren’t a pastor or working in full-time ministry, what would you be doing with your life?

PM: In no particular order: (1) teaching at a university/college in areas such as creative writing or Mexican-American studies, (2) owning and operating a gym facility, (3) owning and operating a cigar/coffee lounge, or (4) doing all of things because I can't make up my mind.

PS: I would be a teacher or a professor or writing music or a writer...maybe too many things. But for sure I would be working as a Teacher.

If you could vacation anywhere for two weeks (with money being no object), where would you go?

PM: To hangout and enjoy time with friends and family: London. And I'd visit Charles Spurgeon's church first (The Metropolitan Tabernacle) and then go back for more schooling at Oxford because, nerds. To get away: Spain. And I would park every single day in Café Iruña which is located in Pamplona and write every single day; Ernest Heminway would hang and write there all of the time. Then we'd eat all the steaks.

PS: Antigua, Guatemala

Who is your favorite Bible character and why?

PM: Can I give my top (Apart from Jesus, of course)? 1- Samson: The dude ripped a lion's head off. 2-David: The dude killed a giant and was crazy gentle at the same time. 3- Nehemiah: The dude led a people to build a wall in 52 days; something that hadn't been done in decades.

PS: I have too many to pick just one! 1-David the Psalter : Broken and yet loved. 2-Doubting Thomas: Doubted and yet loved, 3-The Whore at the well: Wretched and yet Loved

If you planted a church, what would the name be?

PM: Storehouse Community Church (taken from Isaiah 33:6)