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December 29, 2014
The Shopkeeping Pastor
Thought this was such a thought provoking quote: “The pastors of America have metamorphosed into a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches.” Eugene Peterson (@PetersonDaily) 12/29/14, 7:36 AM It’s true on so many levels, from they way pastors care, maintain and treat everything from people and families and budgets, to physical […]
December 21, 2014
On Comparison
“If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.” Jon Foreman [Reference].
December 18, 2014
Beware Numbness
“Numbness does not hurt like torture, but in a quite parallel way, numbness robs us of our capability for humanity.” Walter Brueggemann, Prophetic Imagination Beware the numbing effects of technology, commodity satiation, and comfort. They lead to comparison, abandonment of gratitude, and warped perspective on priorities. Numbness not only disconnects us from feeling for others, […]
December 17, 2014
Encouragement To Carry On
Feeling guilty? Like your sin has caused something negative? Consider this: If your life was really to experience the full ramifications of your sin, you’d be dead. So if you’re breathing, you’re experiencing grace, regardless of the measure. Rejoice there! Feeling tired? Like you’re not sure you can take this for another year? Everyone wants […]
November 25, 2014
Letter To Ferguson
Dear Ferguson, I ache for you today. My heart aches to the point that I’m in a strange sort physical pain. The prophet would say I’m travailing, the cynic would say I’m wasting my time. And me? I’m not even sure what to think. But I have to say something today. Let me be corrected […]
November 20, 2014
Audible Narrator Announced for The Sky Riders: David Rheinstrom
I’m so thrilled to announce my partnership with voice over artist and narrator David Rheinstrom as Junar ap Leif in Book 1 of The Sky Riders. He’s a gifted voice actor, writer and game developer based out of Chicago, Illinois. After many months of looking and waiting, I felt David’s audition not only captured the […]
November 17, 2014
Doesn’t Modern Worship Miss God?
No, not unless it’s telling you to miss God. New Life (Colorado Springs, CO) worship leader Glenn Packiam is in the middle of a great two-part piece about modern worship, entitled “The Problem With Our Critique of Modern Worship.” Whether you’re a worship leader or a worshiper (hey, that’s every Christian) I would recommend reading […]
November 12, 2014
Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Jennifer Hopper (Video)
There was a ukelele. There was a beach on O’ahu. There was a pretty girl who knew Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s rendition of the greatest song of the twentieth century. And there was a guy with a camera. It was destiny.
November 11, 2014
From Whence Beauty Came
A culture that values beauty, values life. One of our goals as leaders should be to teach the appreciation of beautiful things. When we see significance in the complexity of creation as well as in the self discipline of creating, we esteem art to a place of tremendous influence. Where media was but a mixture […]
November 10, 2014
Changing One
I remember walking the grassy fields of Auschwitz in the summer of 2002, trying to contemplate just how many millions of people had perished there. A million people is a hard concept to grasp. Millions of people even harder. And that these lives hadn’t lived and died in the naturally occurring order of life, but […]
