Maybe we just talk way too much. It’s not surprising, considering out environment… How quiet is the space you’re in, right now? How much music is there? How loud is the traffic? Is the TV on? Do we even know what “silence” is? (Never mind what it can actually do in our lives). A few months ago, I was … Continue reading
I’d like you to think about becoming a professional Christian. Do those two words even belong together? What does that look like? A televangelist? A faith healer? A church shopper? A person who takes faith and turns it into something legalistic and dead? It seems like a far cry away from the idea of loving … Continue reading
Sorry it’s been a while. I’ve been busy getting reacclimatized to ministry after a 3-month Sabbatical. In the upcoming weeks I want to start unpacking my vision of how to create a Gospel-shaped life. This week’s installment is about how we might deepen our corporate worship experience. I’m assuming here that you share my belief … Continue reading
Well, not quite, but take 2 minutes and watch this. Now ask yourself, “What if instead of ‘creative work’, Ira Glass was talking about the spiritual life?” Does this change the way you view growth, sin and “failure”? It should. Three quick thoughts. We don’t necessarily need to be “people of taste” in order … Continue reading
Stephen King has written 49 novels. Forty-nine. Since 2000, Ryan Adams has released 13 records. He released five records—Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Lights, and 29—in 2005 alone. King and Adams have a mutual admiration society. King has included excerpts of Adam’s lyrics in his books, and has said, “I won’t say that Adams is the best … Continue reading
We have too many maps. In general, maps do a great job of (a) telling you where you are, and (b) telling you where you need to go. Some of them even tell you the fastest route to get there. Maps are efficient and effective. But what maps can not do, almost by definition, is … Continue reading
