It is amazing to me how people refer to many pastors as their own pastor. Certainly this is a benefit of the 21st century. We have an amazing amount of access to some exceptional Christian speakers and leaders. However, podcasts, webcasts, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, conferences, and books all have changed how too many of us [...]

I’ve given you a rain report of Portland the past few Saturdays. We’re now up to 6 weeks with no rain in Portland. Best part of that is it has been sunny every day that I can remember for those 6 weeks as well. So far the month of August has been good for my [...]

Back in April many of you helped choose the topic for a blog series I was hoping to do during the summer months. And you chose the topic of mentoring in the church. You’re probably wondering what does “dancing Jesus” have to do with any of this? Let me explain. I’ve grown up various evangelical [...]

I was listening to a Mark Driscoll message on a run recently and heard him say something pretty close to this and yesterday I posted it on Twitter (I can’t find the original talk to verify the exact quote): Every church needs to decide if it will embrace its traditions or its kids. Most churches [...]

After church yesterday Jay and I had a quick conversation about a song we’ve done a lot of at Sunset over the past 3 years. The response from the congregation yesterday felt less than was usual in the past, and the overall feel of the song over the past few times we had sung it [...]