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The sermon below is the second in our series The Solution. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/116705752 Read more
The sermon below is the second in our series The Solution. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/116705752 Read more
Happy Friday everyone! Public Schools Aren’t the Enemy – As a kid who grew up going to public schools, I love this! A Caution for Believers in 2015 – Good words of advice as we start 2015. Discretion, Free Speech, and ‘Charlie Hebdo’ – a needed perspective on this volatile subject 3 Signs Your Ego is Making Your Decisions – good word! Yosemite Fee Climbers Reach the Top of El Capitan – I shared this link in an earlier post,... Read more
El Capitan stands as a granite monolith that dominates the beautiful Yosemite Valley. As a kid growing up in California, a trip to Yosemite and El Capitan was a regular occurrence. I remember sitting in the lush green grass of the valley, staring up at the overwhelming edifice of El Capitan, watching climbers scurry back and forth like ants on an oak tree. This morning we all woke with the news that two climbers scaled the face of the imposing El... Read more
It’s easy to look at the overwhelming problems of the world and simply condemn the whole mess. Before you do, though, ask yourself this question. https://vimeo.com/116106536 Read more
What Ohio State did was beyond impressive over the past two weeks. They won a national championship with their third string quarterback. That doesn’t happen! The Arizona Cardinals limped into the NFL playoffs with their third string quarterback and were quickly dispatched by a sub-500 team in the first round of the postseason. Ohio State took their third string quarterback and knocked off the number one and two teams in the nation. That’s unheard of. So for the first time... Read more
If you’ve grown up going to church, adhering to the Bible seems natural. To the rest of humanity, it’s an oddity. The Bible was written thousands of years ago. It’s not just one book, but a collection of books, written by dozens of authors over a period of 1500 years. There’s narrative, history, poetry, letters and prophecy. And it’s all ancient. It was written before automobiles, electricity, the Industrial Revolution, the discovery of the Americas, and about any other relevant... Read more
Here is the first week in our series called The Solution. Have a great weekend! https://vimeo.com/116091337 Read more
Happy Friday everyone! Here are five stimulating articles to keep you thinking through the weekend. Go to church somewhere! Be part of community! 5 Things I Wish Christians Would Admit About the Bible – Thought-provoking. Great read! 8 Ways to Stop Human Trafficking in Our Own Backyard – great thoughts if you want to join the fight. Stuart Scott on the Beauty of Community – The world lost an incredible sportscaster this week. Here’s a great quote from his life.... Read more
“Jesus can do anything!” Those absolutely precious words were the sum total of what my 5-year-old told me he learned in church Sunday. And I loved it! Walking out to the car Sunday after church, I asked my son Shepherd the typical questions a parent asks, “How was church?” “What did you learn?” “Did you play with your friends?” As most parents know, some weeks you’ll only elicit monosyllabic responses. But this past Sunday, Shepherd was a motor mouth. He went... Read more
As a professional church leader, growing a church is one the things I (am supposed to) do for a living. The whole idea of why one church grows while another doesn’t can seem mysterious and mystical. I would argue that the answer is a lot simpler than we’d imagine. Watch this short video clip to get my take: https://vimeo.com/116106535 Read more
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