Part 3 of the “Towel-Bearers: Redefining Leadership” Series You said yes to serve.You said yes to love.You said yes to Jesus – (after he said yes to you). But somewhere along the way, that towel you picked up started to feel like a weight chained to your soul. You’re tired. Not just in your body—but…
Part 2 of the “Towel-Bearers: Redefining Leadership” Series Not everyone with a Bible and a microphone should be leading people.Yeah, there are counterfeit leaders in the Church. And they’re not always easy to spot. They sound holy. They know the lingo. They wear the “right” clothes. They inspire crowds, cast vision, and quote Scripture on…
Let’s stop pretending. Not all leaders are actually leading. Some are just collecting titles, hoarding influence, and stepping on people to build their brand. That’s not leadership. That’s ego dressed in a suit and given a fancy title. True leadership is bleeding for people, not basking in applause. It’s wiping the tears of the hurting, not…
This Holy Week has most definitely been unlike any I’ve ever experienced. As we approached the most sacred days of our faith—the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus—we were met with a trial of our own. A fire broke out in our church building. It was significant. Rooms we’ve prayed in, served in, and celebrated…
I tend to say out loud what many people are smart enough to only think quietly:Something is deeply wrong in this country. Our country feels angry, anxious, divided, and hollow.We’ve got more outrage than ever, more opinions than ever, and yet—less peace, less unity, and less truth. We are witnessing the slow erosion of something…
“You do you.”“Live your truth.”“Follow your heart.” These all sound empowering, right?It’s the self-esteem gospel of our generation.The problem? It’s killing us. Let’s call it what it is:A beautiful-sounding lie. And it’s everywhere. We see it in Disney movies, Instagram captions, graduation speeches, and TikTok reels. The message is always the same: The path to peace…
We are more connected than ever—and more anxious than ever. Scroll. Compare. Numb. Repeat.Welcome to the new normal. And it’s not working. If you feel more distracted, more anxious, more unsure of who you are—you’re not alone. You’re living in the age of curated chaos. And it’s messing with our minds and our souls. Psychologist and author…
Warning – unpopular topic: A lot of church is boring. Not just “I didn’t like the music” boring.Not just “the sermon went too long” boring.I’m talking soul-numbing, mind-wandering, when-is-lunch boring. And people—young and old—are done pretending otherwise.But here’s the kicker: It’s not Jesus’ fault. Jesus is anything but boring. I mean check this out. He turned water into…
Jesus isn’t safe.And the longer we keep trying to make Him safe, the further we get from who He really is. We’ve created a sanitized version of Jesus—a gentle motivational speaker who sprinkles feel-good wisdom into our week, stays politically neutral, avoids conflict, and mostly wants us to be nice people. That’s Tinker Bell. It’s NOT…
Time for some hard truth and real self assessment. The Church has gotten comfortable. For too long, we’ve relied on cultural Christianity to do the heavy lifting for us. We built impressive buildings, filled pews with people who knew how to play the church game, and assumed that because our communities had churches on every…
