Ever taken a look at the typical speaker list for most Christian conferences put on nationwide? Just about every pastor leads a church of over 5,000 people and has written at least one best-selling book. I recently had a conversation about how church conferences could easily make a pastor feel completely inadequate. 99% of pastors [...]

I was talking with a group on the worship team and I asked: “Why did you choose this church or why are you staying at this church?” The question is essentially asking, “What about church is most important to you?” For the non-church person, the question becomes, “why go to church?” or “what about church [...]

I’m trying something a little different today. For a while I’ve been thinking about how to revamp my fortuitous bouncing Saturday posts. I’m sure some of you think they’re perfect, but the reality is that each week only a fraction of people read and follow the links compared to other posts during the week. One [...]

Maybe Sarah Palin was onto something with the whole “liberal media bias” stance she’s taken. I think most news is just biased in general, not just the “liberal” side. But I do wonder about why the news chooses to cover what it headlines. I’ve especially wondered about this the past few weeks. Over the past [...]

By now I bet many of you have heard about Blaine Hogan’s first book titled, Untitled (don’t worry, you’re not a loser if you haven’t heard of the book, it only released 10 days ago). Yep, Untitled, that’s the real title. And it’s something he explains in the first few pages of the book. While [...]

American Evangelical Christianity has created its own set of controversial leaders. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve heard someone say “I don’t love everything they say” to preface their coming quote from a pastor. It’s our own little disclaimer so if the person or people we’re talking with [...]