“Our ultimate goal shapes our each and every step. When humans live without goals, they get lost” – Scot McKnight (The Jesus Creed) I am teaching on meaning this week and I think this quote...

As I fly home from New Orleans I am left wondering how I might respond to a situation so devastating and seemingly without hope. As I wrote yesterday, I do believe that there is hope,...

Today I had the chance to take a tour of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29th, 2005. That’s about 2.5 years ago. You would think that the city would be well...

I’m taking a few more classes of seminary this semester. Striving towards the finish line of the MDIV… it awaits only a few years off. I’m taking a class called “Celebrating Diversity and Embracing Unity.”...

This week I have been thinking a lot about worship. What does it mean to worship something/someone? How do we conjure up worship? How can we change the things that we worship? As I was...

Author/pilot, Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and...

As I was preparing for a message that I am teaching on community, I ran across this quote. I think Calvin is right on here: “The human mind is a factory of idols. When all...

Isn’t it true that the moments we want to freeze seem to fly by the fastest? I never really have understood why that is, but it proves true time after time. Over Christmas I had the chance...

I love watching Christmas movies. Here is a quick list of my top few favorites. Feel free to add to my list. Christmas Vacation – absolutely hilarious A Christmas Story – You’ll shoot your eye...