In an effort to emphasize the season of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to celebrate it all through the month of November. Earlier I explained my 21 Days of Giving Thanks challenge, which you can read about here. Today let's give thanks for something we tend to complain about- work. Day 5 - Give Thanks for... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 4
In an effort to emphasize the season of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to celebrate it all through the month of November. Earlier I explained my 21 Days of Giving Thanks challenge, which you can read about here. Today let's give thanks for the unity God can bring to a local church. Day 4 - Give... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 3
In an effort to emphasize the season of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to celebrate it all through the month of November. Earlier I explained my 21 Days of Giving Thanks challenge, which you can read about here. Today let's give thanks for fruitfulness. Specifically, I mean the fruitful harvest of stuff God has given us.... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 2
In an effort to emphasize the season of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to celebrate it all through the month of November. Yesterday I explained my 21 Days of Giving Thanks challenge, which you can read about here. Today let's give thanks for one specific part of our government. Day 2 - Give Thanks for the... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 1
Walk into about every major retail store this week, and you will find Christmas decorations galore. Why? $$$. Simply put, Christmas sells better than Thanksgiving. But I'd like to make an argument for Thanksgiving first, then Christmas. I'm not going to enter into the "Is it OK to listen to Christmas music yet?" debate because... Continue Reading →
Millennials: How to (or How Not to) Reach Them
Yes, I did it. Yet another article about Millennials. It seems Millennials are one of the most analyzed generations ever. And I choose those words carefully. Being a Millennial can kind of feel like being part of a grade school insect collection. You know what I'm talking about. That dreaded project where parents-- oops, I... Continue Reading →
Deliver Me!
Ever had someone let you down? I did, just today. Over the last two weeks, I have spent hours upon hours dealing with a certain office supply store that shall remain unnamed. I planned to pick up a printer for my new office. No big deal, right? We Fail Unfortunately, the store did not have... Continue Reading →
Pastoral Transitions: A Few Thoughts
I'm back in the saddle again. It feels like forever since I've written anything, and that's because it has been forever. I am now writing from a different office in a different church in a different town in a different state, 600 miles away from where I have lived for the last 10 years of... Continue Reading →
The Myth of Unaccountability
As a kid, I looked forward to growing up and becoming an adult simply so I could not longer receive discipline. I hated the accountability, the owning up of my own sin and confessing my own brokenness. But we never outgrow God's accountability. You and I are living in a fantasy world if we think... Continue Reading →
God Never Breaks a Promise
“It won’t happen again, I promise.” How many times have you heard that line? How many times have you said it yourself? We may have the best of intentions, but conflicts come up, we overbook ourselves, or we get distracted and forget. When people break their promises to you, it hurts. And it might sound... Continue Reading →