In a Search for Church
Why are the places and groups I’ve experienced that were the most like the CHURCH that I see in the Bible adamant about saying “We are not a church!” and the churches that I’ve been to that say “Come to church” aren’t anything like what I see in the Bible? Why is this basic unit…
Break Free from your (Too) Smartphone
I wrote a little tip on freeing up your life by controlling your smartphone over on my business blog. Check it out. It is good for your whole life.
Bad News about Hell and the Newtown Shootings
This past week there were 20 kids shot in a school, and I think 8 teachers. It was the second worst mass shooting incident in the US. I looked up on youtube and saw a couple videos of the type of gun the guy used. It’s pretty horrible. You no longer think that Afghanistan and…
God's Providence in a Ford Aerostar
In 2007, my family and I returned from a long trek in Central Asia. With lots of uncertainty, we left & gave away our Dodge Caravan to some friends there. We trusted God to provide for us stateside. We came to our temporary apartment from the airport in Evansville and there on the dining room…
Sermon Notes from CFC 5-20-12
Here are my sermon notes from May 20, 2012. Jeff Kinkade talked about desperate households and some of the topic involved Helicopter Parents. There were some wild stories but I couldn’t help but think about what we have in our neighborhood: Scud Missile parents. In the early 90’s, Iraq would fire Scud missiles into Kuwait….
Loving your Enemies
Tonight I told a bedtime story that, as usual, comes right out of my life and what I’m walking through day by day. I talked about loving your enemies and doing good to them. There are a lot of places throughout the scriptures where God and His people show mercy and compassion towards people that…
Easter Vigil at St. Ben's
I leaned over to my oldest son, who was already getting sleepy (it was about 8:45 at this point) and I said, “The first reading was Genesis, the second was Exodus…” and his eyes got as big as stained-glass windows. … They were able to keep up through each of the readings, which was great, but whenever something was chanted or sung, I could watch their fingers get lost in the script.
7 years of blogging!
I saw some stuff lately about blogging advice and how to craft your posts and how to phrase a catchy headline and I thought, “I’ve been blogging for a long time and not worried about that stuff!” … To all of you that have been around over the course of the last 7.5 years, thanks.