2009 April 17

Why Mentor

I applied for a summer internship with The Mentoring Project last week. Haven’t heard anything back, but I am excited about the possibility of being involved. You can read some of why I want to be a part of this HERE. Don Miller wrote a great post on TMP and some vision behind it. I’ve [...]


2009 April 16

The Bible is Confusing

Ok, ok, I know, I know…overdone title. Since September my church has been reading through the Old Testament. All of the messages on Sundays have followed that reading plan. I can’t tell you how many times people have told me that the reading doesn’t make sense to them. And I get it, a lot of [...]


2009 April 15

When Worship Becomes Meeting Expectations

This weekend I am leading worship in both our 9am and 11am services. They are two different services. Some people call them “blended” and “modern” respectively…but I have ZERO clue what those words actually describe, so I’ll just call them different. Different feel, different songs, different volume…just different. My personal musical style and taste feels [...]


2009 April 14

What Needs to Change in Christianity

Post One on the Decline of Christianity in America After yesterday’s post I found myself thinking about what needs to change. Not just in my little world, but around the world. I really don’t care what the polls say about how many Christians there are in America, but I do have a feeling that the [...]


2009 April 13

Americans Are Losing Faith

Last week Newsweek published a cover story titled “The End of Christian America.” A pretty ominous title if you ask me. The article has already come up in several conversations I’ve had in person and online. The premise of the article surrounds polling information that says in 1990, 86% of Americans claimed to be Christians, [...]

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2009 April 11

Fortuitous Bouncing

Something about the Holy Week is so refreshing. It takes our focus off of church and onto Christ. Hope to see many of you today or tomorrow at Sunset. 4pm, 6:30pm on Saturday and 9 and 11am on Sunday. Blogs Dan Kimball on discovering and escaping liturgy. I think he is onto something there. The [...]


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