Brad Pitt on Choosing to Love
I confess. I have a love-hate relationship with Brad Pitt. I found myself enjoying his acting (love), but every girl I have ever had a crush on was in love with him (hate). Thus, I was reticent to post...
View ArticleWhy We Left That Church
This past Sunday my family and I visited a church. . .for ten minutes. Lest you get the content askew from the title, we are looking for a church to join. We have no angst about church, other than the...
View ArticleHegemony in the Flock of Christ
I have been seeing several talk (at least more than I am comfortable with) about submitting to the leaders in a church. What follows is not directed at ALL pastors and ALL church members. I readily...
View ArticleHow Could God Let Adam Sin?
I have been reading The Marrow of Modern Divinity for my own personal growth and was helped by this and pray you are. Legalist: But why then did not the Lord create [Adam] immutable [i.e., unable to...
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World War Z and Christian Sacrifice
I am spoke in chapel on Wednesday of this week and had so many illustrations. But, considering students didn’t want to sit through an hour-long conversation on the matter, I had to cut out A LOT! Thus...
View ArticleRelationships & Losing Control
Am slowly working through Lesslie Newbigin’s “Christian Freedom in the Modern World.” In light of the last post from The Marrow of Modern Divinity, I thought this a mighty helpful teasing out of not...
View ArticleChildren Watch More than They Listen
An excellent article in The Plough (which if you have not read or subscribed to is an exceptional journal worhty of your consideration) entitled “They Watch More Than They Listen” challenges our...
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A Smoldering Wick in the Night
Over the past few years as I have been working through major disappointments in life, I have heard of others’ struggles and realized that everyone is carrying a burden of some sort. It may be a burden...
View ArticleFor Grieving Parents
I have been streaming Kristen Gilles new offering–Parker’s Mercy Brigade–as she reflects on the stillbirth of her son. It has been a sweet place to rest. Even though I have not had to go through the...
View ArticlePreacher Evaluation Form
I have been a part of various avenues of discipleship and study for the ministry whereby a preacher was evaluated. They have ranged from the very informal–“What struck you most about the sermon?”–to...
View ArticleLight Switches and Boxes
Pastors, Your ministry, indeed, your life is not a box. It is not a series of clear and clean and easy organized rubrics by which we can measure success or faithfulness. You were not meant to be holy...
View ArticleAn Evangelical Priesthood
I have noticed over the past few months several posts on how pastors are the shepherds of congregants’ souls. Words like “authority,” “under,” “blessing,” “accountability,” etc. have been enough to...
View Articlea faulty understanding of the relationship of the pastor to the people
Here’s a quick response to what I meant in my last post with the above phrase: With the advent of the Spirit empowering all believers in giving life to all who have trusted in Christ comes the advent...
View ArticleBlow the Roof Off
Reading through Os Guiness’ new book, Fool’s Talk, for an Honors Seminar I’m leading on the art of persuasion. It is EXCELLENT. I find that too many apologists take the defensive in explaining the...
View ArticleWhen Darkness Hides His Lovely Face
As many close friends know, I am a pretty outgoing person. What many of those same people may not know is that I often have bouts with darkness. It’s not that I try to hide it, but I have found that...
View ArticleDo Something
I have been focusing the past three weeks on intentionally improving myself. Sure, we all want to be better people, but I found that I rarely took aim at specific areas in my life to improve. I would...
View ArticleEVERYONE Has a Rock in Their Shoe
As mentioned before, I am trying to intentionally improve various aspects of my life. One of the practical things I have been doing is to listen to highly productive people who are agents of change in...
View ArticleYou Get What You Pay For
This old adage has been worn out, hasn’t it? Is there, though, certain things you pay for that aren’t worth the extra money? The business shoes you buy ($50) at Wal-Mart will need replacing in a few...
View ArticleDon’t Say You’ll Be Brief…Be Brief
I attended a meeting recently where the person was allotted a few minutes to make a presentation. The fellow started by saying, “I’ll be brief.” He then went on to take a ridiculous amount of time to...
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I came across Derek Sivers (@sivers) through Tim Ferriss’ podcast. Very rarely do I get hooked on someone from an interview, but the way which Derek answered questions and his life story made me pause....
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