Had a lot of fun this morning hanging out with Ric and his girlfriend. Wished they lived closer than 3,000 miles away. Please pray for a friend of ours and her kids. They really need it. Blogs Should Christian leaders who support gay marriage but don’t do so vocally be pushed out of the closet? [...]

This week represents my 2 year anniversary of leaving my sales job in order to attend seminary. At the time it was the most overwhelming decision. I was leaving a sure 6-figure job for a sure 5-figure (at best) lifestyle. I had zero resume for being able to land a job at a church, but [...]

We often talk about worship being a lifestyle and yet living that out often becomes quite hit and miss. Somehow there is a disconnect between our emotional worship experiences with our church congregations every weekend and how we connect with God throughout the week. I want to explore some of the ‘why’ behind this disconnect. [...]

You might remember this post from close to a year ago. It was the day we sold Rose’s car and she started driving mine most of the time. Rose had an oversized mountain bike (for her) that I thought could make due for me to ride between work and home (about a half mile ride, [...]

On Sunday night Jay and I spoke at Sunset’s high school group (Overflow). It was the first time I spoke any sort of message in front of a larger group. And I actually really enjoyed it. We centered our time around leading worship and the spiritual discipline of worship, while making the talking points more [...]

Much has been made of Barack Obama being the commencement speaker at Notre Dame’s graduation over the weekend. I think it would be fair to say he took a centrist position on reducing abortions in his speech. 77 Catholic bishops spoke out against the Notre Dame’s decision and the alumni announced that over $14 million [...]