Happy New Year Welcome to 2014 a year of change, or at least we hope so. We all want change in our life in one category or another. We know that we are not the people we could or maybe even want to be. Which means now is the time for resolutions, primarily maybe; I […]
Is Your Church Pointless?
Sometimes I think the church doesn’t realize it’s supposed to have a point. Like, what is the point, really? Friendship, community, love, encouragement, all those gushy answers sound nice, but only one really pulls it all together — to reach maturity in Christ. Colossians says to become “complete in Christ.” So for all you resolution junkies […]
Unhappy Holidays
Iridescent lights, red and green, glow on the tree. Presents overflow underneath it in bright, shiny wrapping. It’s Christmas Eve, and I’d broken the rules and snuck down to see the tree in the middle of the night to catch a glimpse. It’s beautiful. The strangest thing happened during the night, which sends goosebumps down […]
An Entitled Christmas
Entitled: to bestow on someone rank or title Today we don’t care much for titles. We wish to remove them in the name of equality. We still have, of course, some remnants from our former archaic system. Words like landlords hint to a time of lords and ladies. Now we don’t want any form or […]
Buying Debt for Christmas
Time to Buy It is Christmas time, which can mean only one thing…time for Christmas lists. They say it is the season for giving but it can often just seem like the season of buying. This year for the first time I went out thursday night for Black Friday shopping. Black Friday which is now […]
Every Man is a Pastor
There’s a calling on every man. Every one has a mission. But most men feel a quiet discontent in church, a stirring or restlessness, like they don’t quite belong. There’s a reason a man relishes his armchair on Sunday. During the afternoon game, he can analyze, strategize, cast vision, and coach. An exciting venue beckons him to […]
Laughing Admits the Sadness
When I look into the eyes of my youth kids, I see the potential of who they could be, but there is no way to know who they will become. The options and possibilities are limitless. It is a gift to see the potential in people. For instance, when there was a group of kids […]
Ants on the Eiffel Tower
Who is first? I stood before 50 snot dripping energy drink addicted little monsters, teaching floor hockey to elementary kids. “I need a volunteer…” I declared. Before another word could form on my lips, hands shot up like they were competing for a winning lottery ticket. Pretty soon I had at least 58 hands to […]
Christ or Culture?
Christ or Culture? Which do you want to keep? I have been born completely comfortable with change. My whole generation is this way. As human beings we are designed to hate change, but change for my generation has always brought comfort, and entertainment. With each increment of new technological advancement our lives have gotten easier, […]
I’m Gay
A rose by any other name would still be Gay. One of my favorite musicals is West Side Story, and one of my favorite songs in that musical is, “I Feel Pretty”. The lyrics go, “I feel pretty oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay”. If you hear the song in […]