Probably my favorite sport to play is golf. I grew up playing with my dad and played it competitively in high school. I was able to get out yesterday afternoon with a friend from college and church and I shot a 77, the best I’ve had in a long time (usually I’m closer to 80).…
My Prayer Today
This is my prayer today…it is mostly just for me, but I have a feeling it might be a great prayer for you to pray today today as well. For those of you in need of hope, my hope is that these words wash over you with immense power and touch. The thought of my…
Why I Quit Idol
I’ve watched American Idol consistently since it began way back when I was in high school. And when I say consistently, I mean I didn’t miss an episode for about 5 years (thank God for DVR). But a few weeks ago I decided to stop watching Idol. It had been a long time coming because…
The Dreaded Offering
Every Sunday, just about every church in America takes an offering. They make it a part of their time together for two primary reasons: it is an act of worship and it probably reminds people to give, so in theory more people give. I’ve always hated the offering time though. Very rarely is it something…
Singing a New Song
Part of my job as a worship leader for both youth and adults is to find new worship songs that I hope will connect with people. Some of you might be of the opinion that we only need to sing hymns. I would disagree because I believe that even the best of songs get old…
Fortuitous Bouncing
Looks like the topic of “the importance of mentoring for the future of the church” won by one measly vote earlier this week. That is the topic I’ll roll with unless enough of you think I should do a vote-off between the top 2 topics. During the off-season I told pretty much everyone I knew…