3 Ways 2024 Can Be Better
Medical science and secular sociologists all realize that the American pace of life isn’t working; in fact, it’s detrimental. Sleep scientists are telling us there’s a sleep epidemic in the …
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How To Long-Suffer In Pastoral Ministry
In my home office, over the wine fridge filled with Topo Chico, coconut water, and a few good bottles I’m saving for those “new wine” moments, hang two frames. One …
Something Better Than Your Inner Child
We find ourselves affixed in the Age of the Autonomous Self — self-discovery, self-help, and pretty dang selfish. The famous are our prophets.The gospel message is self-actualization, self-achievement, self-dependence.The mystery …
Revival & Rain: The Time Is Now
The world is broken. Ravaged by sin, torn apart in conflict, fractured it seems in every which way, and for the first time ever, technology globalizes each fissure and sends …
On Gossip
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and …
Men Are Called To Die
Husband. Father. Pastor. Headship. Servant leader. Whatever these words mean to you, and, more importantly, however the Bible might define them, one thing is clear…if that is you, you are …
Men & Women in the Church: Part 1
I have so much to say — about female pastors, women teaching, male/female friendship — but for now, for this post, I just want to say this: We’re different, but …
Freedom From Pain & Learning the Art of Lament
Some of my most awkward moments have been when I was present in the pain of the people I’m called to pastor, and I didn’t know what to say. I …
Church Planting: The Mother Church
I started reading books on raising tweens and the challenges of that as they grow up into adolescence when my daughter turned 11. One comment in particular stuck out to …
Elder Plea
This picture is an illusion. There’s actually six of us…broken men who seek the Lord and plead for our people. The idea of elders isn’t popular right now — a …