The gospel. The story of the astonishing act of God himself in coming down to be part of our alienated world, to endure the full horror of our rebellion against love, to take the whole burden of our guilt and shame, and to lift us up into communion and fellowship with himself, breaks into this [...]

On Saturday morning I ran my first half-marathon. I’ve been running 3 times a week for two and half years now, and once I started running longer than 4 miles, I had in mind to run 13.1 in a competitive environment (if you use RunKeeper, we should connect on there). As a big sports junkie, [...]

If you’re reading this sometime between 8am and 10am Pacific time I’m in the midst of my first half-marathon. Say a prayer for me, I’ll need it. This has to be the weirdest NBA Finals I’ve ever seen. How exactly the Heat could dominate a Bulls team, that is frankly better than Dallas, and fall [...]

I recently listened to a talk Keith Getty gave a few months back in Chicago. Keith is a well-known songwriter of contemporary hymns and a worship leader. He said a lot of things worth checking out if you listen to the whole talk (link to his talk on corporate worship leading) but one part specifically [...]

I went to a church out of state a few months back and grabbed a sheet of paper that listed all their different service options. Granted, this isn’t reflective of most churches because most churches simple aren’t big enough to even begin thinking about doing something like this. But among large churches this type of [...]

Today will be the first 80-degree day in Portland since October 2010. Finally. Not only is Rubio coming to the Twolves next season, the Twins have also won 2 games in a row. As a Minnesota sports fan, it’s the little things that count. I’ll stick with my early prediction with the Heat in 6. [...]