This past Sunday this was our corporate confession. “Now is the time for fasting and prayer begging our Father’s forgiveness for destroying his creation with our carelessness and greed. We are all guilty. Have mercy on this country, O Lord. Free us from our addiction. Restore your ocean. Amen.” It was put up on the [...]

If you find yourself doing any of the following, step away from your ministry and take several deep breaths – “Rocking out” in a suit and tie. Using scary ventriloquist dummies (any of them really). Ranting about “the culture” and how sinful it is. Using “cute” church signs. “Reclaiming” ANYTHING. This note is not telling [...]

I ran across a blog post in which the author was requesting that he be fenced in. In essence, Josh and his wife decided on a number of ways that he and his wife could “remain 1) faithful to God 2) faithful to each other and 3) in vocational ministry the rest of our lives”. [...]

Take a look at this trailer and then let’s talk. We have a lot of idols in this society and no small number of them revolve around personal appearance and the effort to stay not only young but unnaturally fit. I recorded a podcast for Compassion365 on beauty that addressed a thought or two on [...]

I just got back from our yearly men’s retreat yesterday and it was a truly great time. We talked a lot about what it meant to be a Dad. Hunter talked about raising his sons and another gentleman from out church talked about raising his daughters. We also watched a video from Mark Driscoll that [...]