Being The Church

Last week we sent about 5000 postcards to every house w/n about a mile radius of our church building. We communicated that we would be glad to help people with outdoor work that they might need help with. We've planned to cut our worship services short this week and …

A Little Devotion for Your Sunday

Since we are snowed-out (or is it snowed-in) tomorrow, I thought I'd share a little devotional thought with you. Maybe you can take some time to read the Scripture, reflect, pray about it and talk about it with your family (and facebook friends).

When I got back from …

Big Adoption News

The following excerpt is from my wife's blog:

Today I was spending a little time sewing on a Birthday gift when the phone rang. I almost let the answering machine get it but at the last minute picked up. It was our Family Coordinator from America World. She said that …

Chicago Trip

Well, the Chicago trip was fantastic. Our team barely needed sponsors. It was great giving the team some direction and then just watching them serve as they did. Our sponsors and students were all great.

We had a lot of things happen as I hoped they would, and we had …

Chicago Trip

I'm gonna be helping lead a team of Sr. High students who will be serving in Chicago this week. We partner with First Christian Church and By The Hand Club for Kids. Both are making a huge difference in their communities, and are doing some major Kingdom work. They are …

Reflecting & Praying

Yesterday was busy. Really busy. My day started early, was spent rushing to get ready for a lesson and our Chicago trip, and I had a meeting and counseling appointment sandwiched in between. We had a great discussion with a visiting friend until 1:00am, so this morning …

I Didn't Mean Anything By It - I Promise

Yesterday we tackled the question, "Is Jesus the Only Way to God?" Some cool things resulted, and we were able to help some people. (The sermon should be on-line this afternoon.)
But a few people pointed-out something funny that happened - and it was completely …

Urbanly-Retarded

We all know people who are socially-retarded in some way or another. They aren't bad people. They mean well. They just aren't quite aware of their surroundings and the norms. Sometimes they lack any sort of awareness of etiquette. If you don't know of their condition, …

Coincidence?

Late last night I me-up with some great friends to hang-out at the bowling alley. My bowling was horrible (I failed to break 100 – no surprise). The hot dog I ate was equally horrible, but it smelled so good. But the time with friends was priceless.

One lane over …

Beautiful Collision: Related Texts

Our series got-off to a great start yesterday. It's titled "Beautiful Collision: Holiness Meets Humanity" (yes, it's inspired by David Crowder's album). We are studying the book of John and I wanted to list some passages related to the sermon. There are many more, but …

What Goes into a Sermon

I can't quite describe the feeling that I have after giving a sermon that I've worked extra hard at preparing. I typically spend about 15 hours of prep per sermon, but lately that's been going up. The sermon I preached on John 1 took about 35 hours of prep, which …