It’s January 2. The new year has promises of fresh starts, great plans, and high expectations. This is a three part series on how to make the most of it. If we follow these steps, then the excitement we feel at the start will turn to celebration at...
Everyone’s on the mode of looking back on 2016 and looking ahead to 2017. The way we look back on the past year determines how we look ahead to the next. This practice can be helpful if it builds our faith for the future. But it can be bad if...
I’m not a Lebron fan. But anyone who’s a fan of the game of basketball would appreciate how history was made last month. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the championship for the first time in over fifty years, and they did it in an unprecedented manner...
It’s one of the finest lines any follower of Jesus can walk: the line between knowing more about God so you worship Him and knowing more about God so you become proud. It’s so easy to confuse the two in the beginning, but the outcomes couldn’t be...
Anyone who knows me knows that freshly baked, chewy, chocolate chip cookies are my guilty pleasure. Any notion of limiting my sugar intake flies out the window when presented with a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies. A guilty pleasure is...
WARNING: The following post features very graphic images. They are never used gratuitously and are essential to the point. But the shocking and jarring nature of this article could reopen some wounds and repeat the trauma of the NBA Finals to Golden...
Last night I saw a car intentionally taking up two slots in a crowded parking lot. Immediately I was filled with thoughts of how to make the person feel stupid or punish him for his insensitivity. “I’m assuming it was a guy because I haven’t...
“Every growing organization will have a leadership shortage.” When Pastor Steve Murrell said those words last week, I immediately felt a great sense of relief. His statement explained so much of our current challenges. No wonder we always needed to...
This blog is a reminder I received just this morning. I was trying to get out of a specific meeting. As someone with a lot going on, like many of you, I always evaluate how my time went and where it’s about to go. Before committing to anything, I...
One of the best lessons my parents taught me was to honor them because God commanded it. My dad would consistently say, “Honor us even if you don’t want to because God blesses that.” This seemed very self-serving at the time. I would think, “Well...