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Check out this video: Last week, I preached on how pivotal circumstances grow our faith. I used this video during the service to illustrate the need to train our eyes to...

[Edit: I accidentally posted this when I meant to save a draft last night. D’oh!] This morning, my church is hosting a simulcast for men featuring Craig Groeschel from Lifechurch. It’s...

The above clip came across my newsfeed today. In the midst of animals memes, FMLs, and other inane stuff, there was this gem of a story. Debt collectors being nice, serving...

I started meeting with some ladies from my seminary last fall. I knew some of them fairly well, some vaguely, and some not at all. For the past year, we’ve met...

A week before Christmas, someone stole the windshield wipers off of my car as I was inside a thrift store buying baby & maternity clothes in preparation for Tuckito’s imminent arrival....

When I shared my thoughts about having a miscarriage, I left out one important lesson that I’ve continued to learn: what it means to live in community. In a stroke of...

I’ve been silent on my blog for quite some time because I was keeping a big secret–being pregnant. God taught me so much through the physical and emotional changes, but Matt...

When chatting with a friend about this post, she pushed back, saying, “What about the idea that perception is everything in ministry?” I didn’t really have an answer at the time,...

As I’ve graduated from seminary (it’s still weird to say that) and have began my pastoral internship, I’ve noticed an alarming trend in myself. I like call it “Image Management.” It...

I finished teaching a six-week class on worship last week. The curriculum focused on different characteristics of God as the basis for our worship.  Each week, we had a discussion about...