I heard many with the opinion that what was previously happening in Egypt wasn’t newsworthy. I understand what was trying to be said, but I think what happened there has laid the groundwork for what we see happening in Libya and plenty of other countries. The Middle East will never be the same. Check out [...]

One of my struggles of working at a church and also attending seminary is that many I interact with seem to think of church ministry as the height of faithfulness and ministry to God. Think of the phrase, “I’m going into the ministry,” and it’s common use in our culture today. Yet it comes across [...]

One of the most read articles on the New York Times website over the past weekend was a short article on how websites such as Twitter and Facebook are causing a decline in blog hits, especially among young generations. I’ve heard it over and over since I started blogging, and I guess it is partially [...]

This weekend I’m outside of Portland for our yearly Middle School Winter Camp. We’re in a spot with no cell-phone coverage but we do have one spot with wireless internet. We’ve got a full camp this year, with over 100 people (students, leaders, worship team) here. It should be a great weekend! Because of it [...]

It is amazing to me how much stress we put on ourselves over the immediacy of information. Between social networks, newspapers, blogs, television, and many other sources, we constantly consume information. What was breaking news 6 hours ago is now old news. Use my blog as an example. I have now posted this on Thursday, [...]

I’ve been reading the latest book by Gabe Lyons titled The Next Christians for a class I’m taking this semester at school. A lot of it builds on a book he helped with a few years back titled UnChristian which I’ll also be reading for class. One of my favorites parts of the book so [...]