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 [...]

Most of you will remember Scott MacIntyre from American Idol season 8 when he was the first blind contestant to become a finalist on the show. Since then Scott has gone on to release albums, tour around the world, and is now releasing a book sharing some of the more unknown parts of his story. [...]

Being that I’m writing a book on holiness I figured it would be important to read what others who have gone before me have had to say on the subject. While my end goal for someone reading my book might be different than these other writers, it was extremely helpful for me to engage with [...]

As my semester of seminary has finally finished I’ve been doing some thinking about the value of it all. I sit in class for hours on end each week listening to lectures while taking notes, engaging in discussion around issues of the Bible, church ministry, culture, and theology, and I wonder what the true value [...]

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 [...]

Studies show that my generation has what some call an “entitlement complex.” We want and feel we deserve jobs and roles with great titles, but we do not want to do the work to get there or the work needed to do the job well. I’ve always prided myself in being a person who gets [...]