Anytime there is a major sporting even that takes place during the work day, lots of news comes out about how it hurts the productivity of the workforce. March Madness is the supreme example of this every year in the United States. But recently there has been something much worse because of its world-wide effect: [...]

I had a prof in seminary who emphasized several times that entering into pastoral ministry in the local church is a sure-fire way to be wounded and hurt. Harsh words, but in my experience they are the absolute truth. Growing up with a dad who has always been a pastor I’ve come to experience this [...]

I think far too many Christians and evangelistic churches have made an idol out of marriage. And in some ways even I have made an idol out of marriage. Not so much my marriage or really the marriage of any two specific people, but the idea of marriage. This might seem contrary to how most [...]

Few things are worse than being sick in the summer. At least it has rained here the past 2 days though. After church on the 4th Rose and I are heading to Salem to spend time with my family, then I’m going golfing out in the middle of no where on Monday since that is [...]

I recently read a post by Colin Hansen on the Out of Ur blog that captured a lot of my feelings toward seminary right now. The current trend in seminaries and advanced education is to move classes to be more accessible to more people than the standard residential education model (think undergrad, living on campus [...]