As I said yesterday, I attended the Social Fresh Portland conference on Monday because I won a ticket through Twitter (check out some good reviews of the conference by Sarah and Eric). Essentially Social Fresh was asking social media trivia questions and giving tickets to people who knew the answers. Incredibly I knew the answer [...]

I often tell the students I serve with that leading worship for middle schoolers goes far beyond how they react initially. Often they would rather screw around than focus on the God we’re trying to get them to worship. It is hard to tell the way that God is working even when it might seem [...]

LifeWay research recently had the following to say about how today’s pastors view seminary: “Only 10 percent of Protestant pastors say they would require a candidate to have a seminary degree and instead place emphasis on other qualifications, such as experience and beliefs” (read more about the study) For someone in seminary, like me, this [...]

While Rose and I are grateful to be living in a house instead of an apartment, it sure does make for a lot more work. On Wednesday I spent 6 hours working on the lawn (dethatching, mowing, overseeding, fertilizing). Apartment living does have some benefits. When Syracuse lost on Thursday night my bracket officially went [...]

I grew up in a middle-sized town in Oregon. Keizer, Oregon to be exact, just north of Salem. Being a predominately white city, we had the phenomenon where it was popular in high school to act and dress like a thug/rapper (I thought this was a high school phenomenon but every time I see some [...]

It seems everyone is trying to get more influence in social media venues. Since I blog mostly within the broad blogging genre of Christianity, I thought I’d provide a quick guide that will lead to hits and followers. Because, let’s be honest…hits and followers ARE success. Here is a 5-step process that will put you [...]