I said in my Blue Like Jazz (the movie) review that I dissect art with the “all truth is God’s truth” mentality. I believe the true difference between good art and bad art is whether it draws us closer to something beyond us or not. For me, this something beyond is God. The best art [...]

I recently read Working the Angles by Eugene Peterson, the guy most known for writing The Message translation or paraphrase of the Bible. Over the past few years in seminary I’ve grown to respect Peterson more and more. He’s the antithesis of the celebrity pastor where pastors tour and lead incredibly large organizations. Peterson lives [...]

Plenty of people have different quotes and opinions on when a church becomes ineffective. I find most of them to be ecclesiologically unsound because they put the church-emphasis toward practicality, when the church is first a people group. Therefore, an ineffective or dying church must result from a lack of community within the body, not [...]

It was 830pm on a Sunday night a few months back. I had been on the stage leading the band/vocals/tech for over 10 hours that day already. I was flat out exhausted. The kind of exhausted where a caffeine boost would do no good. The kind of exhausted where my eyes were starting to glaze [...]

Following yesterday’s post on the same topic, I thought I’d open this up to everyone. I’ve been working through a study on spiritual transformation and the first step in the process is to state DESIRE to God, which should help illuminate the inner thoughts of our hearts and minds that rarely come to the surface. [...]

God, what I need most from you right now is… Encouragement. I need to know that what I do day in and day out really matters to you and makes a difference to others. I find it so easy to dwell on my shortcomings and missteps, and it is the encouragement You give that reminds [...]