I just started reading the book of Ezekiel (as you can tell by My One Sentence Bible from today) on my yearly trek to read the Bible from cover to cover. To me, the overarching principles of the book of Ezekiel speak loud and clear about what it means to live a faithful Christian life—to God, to yourself and to the life you have been put here on earth to live. The more I continue to live my life and... Read more
What is My One Sentence Bible? 11-30-09: Just imagine to one day actually see the radiance of the glory of the Lord—will we be able to describe it as easily as Ezekiel? Ezekiel 1:28 The perfect model of humble faithfulness to God’s calling is sprinting forward in what is asked by God—not continuing just because of the perceived outcome we think should happen. Ezekiel 2:3-8 Faithfulness is more than just listening, it’s also praying for a shield surface on your... Read more
Yesterday was Black Friday and I got up at 3:20am so I could go shopping and get everyone I loved something really special. I want to briefly give you my Philosophy of Money and Spending: I give more to the Lord than I can “afford” and then I spend the rest blessing those really special people in my life that have already given so much. You can’t take a dime with you into eternity, and what good is there in... Read more
On this day I am thankful, among many, many other things, for one thing in particular: That Jesus Christ came to this earth as a baby of no status or privilege, incarnating himself into a broken world and peacefully loving all of humanity to Him, even though many didn’t, and don’t, want to believe. I am also thankful for Jesus brutally dying on the cross, that my sins are forgiven because I believe in an unchanging God who longs to... Read more
This is a powerful story, and an unfortunate example of what happens to many of our youth in today’s Christian culture. But look what happens then, when there is a direct intentionality to bridge building – and look how our youth respond to a message they are just yearning to hear. Is it hard to be nice? Is it hard to give dignity to each other and God in the midst of clear opposition? Yes, yes it is. But the... Read more
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It’s great to be back home after speaking four times in the last four days in Atlanta at the National Youth Workers Convention. These past four days have been very humbling for me, and such an encouragement with numbers of people coming up to me and saying some variation of the following: “Over the past year or so you have singled handily changed my entire perception and understanding of the gay community, ministry with my youth group and how I need... Read more
For the next four days I am in Atlanta speaking to a couple thousand of my closest youth worker friends at Youth Specialties. I’m kicking this trip off today by speaking for a total of 4 hours (Research for a Productive Generation (because I’m really tired of research just being used as ammunition) and Answering the Tough Questions on Sexual Identity), 2 book signings and a couple meetings. So here is a quick thought for the day: Here is Part... Read more
Don’t forget today’s Live Chat from 4:30-6pm CST. Here’s how to participate: -Click on the ‘Live Chat’ button on the top of the page -Type your question into the chat box at the bottom of the page (but make sure you ‘Copy’ it before you press send, because the first time you press send it will be deleted – don’t worry, this is normal). -After you press send, a box will pop up that asks for you to either ‘Log-in’... Read more
It is well documented that I LOVE American Idol, and I constantly voted for Adam Lambert this past season. Here is an article from yesterday that said the handlers from the American Idol runner up were nervous that the gay publication, OUT, was making Lambert look “too gay”. They were so nervous because they think it will hurt his career to be known as the guy who is too gay. Is there something as too gay? If there is, what is too... Read more
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