Watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night I had this somewhat random thought: The Super Bowl isn’t too much different than a well produced church service. My disclaimer to that is I fully recognize the MAJOR differences between them. But for the sake of this post, let’s consider the similarities. Before the service (game) starts [...]

On the back wall of the stage in my church’s main sanctuary we have a cross. Now and then we cover it up to put up some type of design so the stage and sanctuary has a different look and feel. Most often we then put out another cross somewhere on the stage, but now [...]

About a month ago Time magazine did the unthinkable and named a 26 year old man their person of the year. They also kind of dated themselves because he probably deserved the award 3 years ago, but it was a gutsy move nonetheless. Mark Zuckerburg, founder and CEO of Facebook was Time magazine’s 2010 person [...]

This semester I took my first preaching course in seminary. Taking the course was a big step for me, in a weird way. I’m in front of people all the time. Sometimes leading smaller groups, other times leading thousands. But the thought of getting up and speaking for a long period of time is so [...]

To some of you this might read a bit like a rant. During this season of life at my church the senior pastor has been put on administrative leave while a team from our denomination can make some decisions as a 3rd party. This has left a major hole in our teaching schedule, because the [...]

Rose and I went to a Twins/Mariners game a couple months back. It was the first professional baseball game she had ever been too. In the middle of the 7th inning everyone stood up and started singing along to a song she had never heard in her life. It was quite humorous seeing how confused [...]