Several years ago, a book came out that caused quite a stir in the Christian community. The Prayer of Jabez, based on one verse of Scripture pulled out of it’s context, basically teaches people to pray for God to give them more and He will. Obviously the book goes into more detail, but that is [...]

Why do we sometimes forget that church is a family? Or at least why do we fail to act like church is a family?
Maybe it’s the big buildings.
Maybe it’s the limited amount of time we spend together.
Whatever "it" is, our behavior often seems to disregard that the Creator calls us the family of God.
I was [...]

Have you ever asked yourself why God seems so confusing at times? There are times I wrestle with God. Actually, I wrestle with God a lot. I get comfortable with what I think or believe about something and then God goes and changes on me.
OK, I know that God is not the one that changed, [...]

Why is it that we always look at suffering as a bad thing?
Why do we seem to look down on things that are called “ugly?”
People spend thousands of dollars to fix their teeth or for plastic surgery. Women will spend a long time in front of the mirror putting on make-up. We will go to [...]

Last night I witnessed one of the most exciting endings to a high school football game I have ever seen. It was Rochester versus Farmington. Rochester had a 14 – 6 lead with less than two minutes left when Farmington got the ball. It was a back and forth battle. On one play, Rochester would [...]

Last night I had this really cool dream. Well, cool is a relative term. My dream basically consisted of me running from a tornado and hiding as it went by. The cool thing was that I got to see a tornado.
You have to understand. I am a weather nerd. I love the Weather Channel. I [...]

Sex. It sells. It is everywhere. It is woven into the fabric of our society.
Unfortunately, most of what we see, hear, and read about sex is unholy. So in the church, sex has become a bad word. We don’t really talk about it. If you talk about sex from the pulpit, people will stare in [...]

To some of my students, this is now known as the "Cincinnati Talk."
The last two years on our mission trip to Cincinnati, I have had a conversation with two different couples in our youth group who are fairly serious. While this is not all I talked about with them, it was a part of our [...]

I am not one to brag on my son too much. As a dad, of course I brag on him. But I try to be judicious in my public bragging.
That being said, I have got to share this story…
Tonight while we are at dinner, Michelle’s phone rings. On the other end is her cousin. Evidently, [...]

While I have never watched the MTV Video Music Awards, I do keep an eye on pop culture. (It is one of the hazards related to my calling.) And it’s been pretty hard for me to avoid the whole Britney Spears episode that has been unwinding over the last week or so.
In case you are [...]