I’ve been reading the latest book by Gabe Lyons titled The Next Christians for a class I’m taking this semester at school. A lot of it builds on a book he helped with a few years back titled UnChristian which I’ll also be reading for class. One of my favorites parts of the book so…
Fortuitous Bouncing
I confess, along with most of you, to have not known or (sadly) cared much about what was going on in Egypt the past 30 years. However, I’ve been greatly fascinated by a nation’s people forcing democracy into place. I hope the Middle East is never the same because of the past 3 weeks and…
Never Grab the Lowest Hanging Fruit
I overheard this a few weeks ago: Anyone can grab the lowest hanging fruit. I believe there’s a lot of truth to the statement. It is incredibly easy to sink to the lowest common denominator, but once you go there you become no different. I think this show itself all over the place in life.…
The Super Bowl As a Religious Spectacle
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…
Fortuitous Bouncing
People make fun of me a lot, but I do follow the weather pretty closely. What a bizarre week where it seemed like half of the nation was out of school and off work because of snow. All the while, we’ve only had a few drops of the rain in the past 3 weeks. As…
I'm Not a Big Fan of Quotes…
I’m not a big fan of quotes but lately I’ve been latching onto a few. The last few months of life have felt heavy. Work is draining, church is struggling, and a few other things in life that are probably best not to be shared here. I ran across this quote yesterday that gave such…