In the early to mid 1800s a significant cultural change took place that had direct ramifications upon the church. Today we know this change as The Industrial Revolution. This change continues even today as people move from rural areas into cities to work white-collar jobs as opposed to the blue-collar jobs many had previously worked [...]

We’ve all dealt with anxiety and stress before. Some of us more than others, but anxiety is not a foreign concept to any of us. And more than likely we’ve experienced the wonderful moment when someone shares this verse to encourage us to get over our anxiety: Do not be anxious about anything, but in [...]

1. The Wall Street Journal ran a story on a small study done on Facebook and marriages. And when I say marriages, I mean marriages that fail. The story was instantly adopted by several Christian leaders who I respect as the prime example why we must be careful when engaging in online media. While I [...]

I’ve been watching the first four seasons of Mad Men with Rose over the past six months. I know plenty of people who rave about the show and so I took the dive and plowed through over 50 episodes. At first I didn’t get what all the fuss was about, but toward the end of [...]

Not long ago I was playing a round of golf with my dad, who has been a pastor my entire life. Somehow, in a weird set of a circumstances, God called me to the same life of a minister, despite my strong desire to avoid such a thing happening all of my growing up years. [...]

Someone told me recently that the human brain comes up with 10,000 ideas a day. I can hardly wrap my head around the immensity of that number, though it isn’t necessarily surprising to me either. What is surprising to me is not that we have the ability to process so many ideas each day, but [...]