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 people we are tempted to love and hate all at the same... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 6
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 take time to give thanks for the people God has placed in our lives. Day 6... Continue Reading →
21 Days of Giving Thanks – Day 5
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 →