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Last year, my church read a book together called Not A Fan, which called us to move beyond being a fan of Jesus to following him with our whole lives. I...
My in-laws took Matt and me on a trip to a safari park just after Christmas in 2012. Though the animals were contained, we actually went into the different enclosures to...
This week, I had the bittersweet challenge of sharing with the staff and leadership of my church that I would be stepping down from the staff. I’m not leaving the church,...
Yesterday, my page-a-day calendar of 1,000 places to see before you die featured the statue of David in Florence, Italy. Most of the time, I skim the blurb about each place,...
Sundays are a family day around here. Since we attend church on Saturday nights, we stay in our pajamas until Sunday afternoon, only venturing out for a family activity like a...
There are some days that are harder than others to be in ministry. Some days, the words I say don’t come out the way I mean for them to. Some days,...
I’ve recently heard two messages back-to-back on the Good Samaritan. Both of them taught the traditional interpretation: be the Good Samaritan and don’t be the priest and Levite. That interpretation churns...
I had a discussion last week about what spiritual maturity looks like with my friend/coworker Ed. In discussing the topic, I was surprised to find how difficult it is to nail...
When I’m getting into a preaching head space, I often listen to a song by Switchfoot called “Twenty-four.” It’s a song about reflecting on your life and the things that have...
There are several other things I could write about on the topic of Disneyland’s intentional thought and how it could teach the Church such as: Creativity breed creativity. The more that...
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