• Lessons From Success

    As of Tuesday, my parents have been married 35 years. I’ve gotten to watch the last 22 and learn along the way. From what I’ve observed, here are some things I’ve learned from observing their marriage… -What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. When troubles come, we can use them to make us…

  • 4 Questions of Faith

    I’ve always been intrigued by the story of Thomas. I don’t know if it’s because it makes me feel better about my own faith or because I can see myself being a lot like him. Either way, I read this story again a few days ago. I think there are 4 questions that we…

  • Nonspiritual People

    I don’t remember who or where I hear this, but I remember the concept: “You can’t expect unspiritual people to behave in spiritual ways.” Unspiritual people do unspiritual things. Not that the rest of us don’t do those same things, it’s just that we should know better. Sometimes I get frustrated with people that…

  • Upcoming At CBC

    I know that most of the people that read this don’t go to CBC. However, I wanted to let everyone know about some of the stuff coming up here… Pneuma is a worship experience for youth that will begin in June. It will be music specific to this generation as well as teaching that…

  • If Ministry Were Easy

    I twittered a few days ago, “If ministry were easy, everyone would be doing it.” Now, I know that I’m probably not the first to say this, but I think that there’s a lot of truth to it. I think we see evidence of it in our churches and in our world. If it…

  • Made for Growth

    I tend to think that life is about something much different than it’s meant to be. I make life about what I think it should be about and often forget that God’s calling me to one thing…growth. It’s God’s desire that each of us experience growth. It’s God’s desire that we experience growth in…