Last Sunday, we made it to Simon’s house and met a Pharisee that we might actually know pretty well. Simon invited Jesus to dinner because it was the “right” thing to do, not because he particularly wanted Jesus to be in his house eati...
As part of my regular rhythm, I read through Revelation chapters 2, 3, and 4 often at the beginning of my prayer time. Reading these letters to the churches followed by the picture of worship in heaven has helped me pray through the di...
We are off and running in a new year, a new teaching series, and prepping for a new small group season… so much newness, and yet so much feels the same as last January, the January before, and the January before the January before.
So...
To stay true to the 6+1 rhythm that Adam has been talking about, he will be taking a break from the weekly blogs through the holidays, and we will replace them with a video from RightNow Media. You can watch the video with the link bel...
Maybe the Lord is speaking to me… Three conversations over the past four days have included the person I am talking to referring to the same verse in one of the Psalms. Because, as a former facilities guy to remain nameless often point...
I have witnessed some spectacular failures in my time. Some surprised me, others that there was some inkling that the plan wouldn’t work, but the final result exceeded my expectations of catastrophic demise. Some of these failures have...
This past Sunday towards the end of the message, I gave a quote from a pastor-turned-author, Pete Scazzero. In his book The Emotionally Healthy Church, Scazzero says this:
"The Gospel says that you are more sinful and flawed than you ev...
Don’t turn your back on bears, men you have wronged, or the dominant turkey during mating season… Some of the rules that apply on Shrute Farms that came with the song, “Learn your rules. You better learn your rules. If you don’t, you’l...
I am searching for a pithy way to begin this blog, so while I have my creativity running in the background, how about we just get down to business. By now, you have likely seen the big news we teased through the last month of summer. W...
Canned food with no labels could become an interesting game of conviction. How hungry would you need to be to make a pact that whatever can you choose, you would eat to the bottom? No matter what you found, lima beans or kidney beans, ...
Well, I’m back…
This week is the weird post-break time that makes me wish both that I was still on a break, but also wish that I never took a break in the first place. As important as rest and restoration is, I don’t like being away a...
