Refreshing

The following things are very refreshing to me:
-Listening to someone be completely sincere in their search for God.
-Seeing a mom, who really listened to what her daughter was talking about.
-Getting to open up a Bible and talk about God's desire for a relationship …

Not knowing how to help

I think one of the hardest situations is trying to figure out how to help someone, when I don't really know the best way to help them. Sometimes meeting the need right in front me (the one they are asking for) doesn't really help the person. It only further entrenches …

U2 part 2

While I was playing American Gladiators (our made-up home version) with my boys, U2 raised 40 million dollars in the fight against AIDS.

U2

Fellow U2 fans, Peter, Barry, Lane & Cole (we rock-out on the way to school) went with me. I'd forgotten how goofy those glasses look. A whole theater of people wearing ridiculous, orange glasses. It was great.

The film is concert that was filmed in Buenos Aires. It …

king louie of trinidad

Chris, who went as a high school student on our missions trip to Chicago last year, is quick on his feet. Really quick. We've played a little game where he gives me a word or phrase just before I go up to preach or teach. I have to work that word into my sermon somehow. …

urban conversation

I spent the weekend in Dallas with my friends John & Hayley at a conversation with people trying to serve God in urban settings all over the country. John is a cool high school guy and I think his eyes were opened to God's work through people. Hayley is an incredibly …

Weekend update

CIY puts on a great conference called Believe. Our students love it. Several of our students are finding the hope that only a relationship with God can give them. It's so cool.

The conference was also an important reminder of how impacting art can be. They had an …