You have it all figured out. Your plans are superb and they are God-honoring. How would God not bless them? How would He not give a resounding yes to them? Maybe you want to lead an initiative of some kind. Maybe you have a vision for a grand coalition of organizations and churches uniting together to address […]
Surprises for His Glory
Surprises. You may love them or you may hate them. Surprises. They remind us that we don’t, in fact, have everything neatly planned out and figured out. God, I think, likes doing things to us like that. You know, putting us into positions of awe, amazement, and humility. He sometimes shows up out of seemingly […]
A Valuable Lesson About Life and Faith From Buying a Home
Earlier this month my wife and I closed the loan on our new home. We bought a house! We are now moved in and are slowly unpacking our things and settling in. From the time we got married in 2010 to now, we have moved a grand total of nine times. NINE! The bulk of […]
The Truth About Being a Dad: I’ve Got No Clue!
When you become a dad, you don’t get a handbook on how to do it. At least I didn’t. The truth about being a dad is that it’s the sum of a ton of trial and error. That’s how it feels for me, anyway. There are moments where you feel that you did something right […]
Orlando, ISIS, and Wrath
50 people are dead in Orlando and what do we see on the internet? We see trolls posing as Christians who think they have any idea about God’s judgment as it relates to the ultimate cause of this past weekend’s massacre at a popular nightclub in Orlando. It’s times like these that make me revisit […]
3 Simple and Dependable Paths to Spiritual Growth
It was beginning to be ingrained in my head. I was being taught how to grow as a person, as a salesman, as a leader, and as a man. This wasn’t in the church, but in a business. They valued reading great books and taking action. It made sense so I began to read. I […]