living for eternity today
The title here is pretty direct. There’s no mincing words at this point. It’s bold. It’s direct. And it’s true! This song has become for me a motto, a song that drives my every day. I’m not sure the last day that past when I didn’t have this song playing in my car or at least running through my mind. Continue reading
Have you ever listened to the same song over and over again without ever getting tired of it? I’m sure if you heard that same song on repeat for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week you would eventually want to listen to a new song. Just the other weekend I had the opportunity to go to the annual Christian concert, Winter Jam, with friends from church. I’ve been for six or seven years in a row and every year a band called Newsong sings the same song. Continue reading
Maybe you’re like me and find patience is difficult. In the past, I’ve always considered myself a fairly patient person. However, recently I’ve been a little impatient with God and I try to speed up His plan for my life. I’ll tell you now, that plan will never work out the way you want it to. Continue reading
America is changing. It’s pretty obvious to see that. And what’s just as obvious is the landscape of Christianity is changing as well. We are seeing churches close their doors at rapid rates. Organized denominations are noticing downward trends, some faster than others. There are church leaders from various denominations and church traditions asking – how can we make our ministry last longer? Continue reading
Have you ever asked yourself if it’s worth it? You look at your life and realize that you try to keep yourself out of trouble. You try to treat people with respect and dignity. You try to stay clear of trouble and put the best construction on everything. You spend time in worship. You read your bible. You try to obey the commandments. But you don’t really seem to be getting anywhere in this world. Continue reading
Life is full of ups and downs. I’m pretty sure we can all agree to that. Some days it seems like everything is going wrong. Then the next it seems as if we’re King Midas and everything we touch turns to gold (figuratively of course). But the more we experience these ups and downs in life, the harder life becomes. Continue reading
It’s always a great time when 10 high schoolers, 3 college students and a young adult gather in your living room. The sun was shining so we spent some time on the patio. We enjoyed a few tacos and then sat down for a little dirt talk. Continue reading
Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a control freak. I like to feel the steering wheel in my hands. I don’t like to fly because I can’t pilot a plane. When we travel my wife never drives, well unless I’m dealing with one of those migraine can’t see straight kind of headaches but even then I try to drive. I just don’t like to relinquish control very easily. And it’s not just in driving either. Continue reading
I believe the one largest question I receive as a pastor is why is God doing this to me? Another form of this question is what did I do wrong? Why is God punishing me? I get it. I’ll admit sometimes it’s easy to view some of life’s less happy moments as punishment. It’s easy to see the illness, marital struggle, rebellious children, job struggles, financial crises or whatever your personal storm as a punishment from God for something we did wrong. But quite frankly this just isn’t how God operates and to be totally honest it goes completely contrary to the message of who God is. Continue reading
One of the hardest things in the world is to see yourself as you really are. I mean we either look at ourself as our own worst critic, never giving ourselves any credit. Or we look at ourselves through rose-colored glasses and think we can’t do anything wrong. Now if you’re married, you can fix this false perception of yourself and just ask your spouse – they’re generally pretty honest. 🙂 Continue reading
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