Not long ago I came to a point in my life where I sensed something was missing. I had a wife and a solid marriage that flourished within the dreaded first year of companionship. I had a job that was allowing me to gain experience in the field I pictured myself working in the rest…
Foundation #OneWord365
As a year ends and a new one begins, I enjoy anticipating what will summarize the coming 365 days. As Rose and I approached 2012, I told her my one word was change. I didn’t tell anyone but Rose because when you say the summary of a year will be change people ask questions, and…
Maybe Starting Over is a Good Thing
My life has featured a lot of new beginnings in the past few months. I live in a new city, new house, and work at a new job. Now that I’ve graduated, I have a new level of freedom with my time. And of course, there’s a new arrival only a couple months away from…
5 Takeaways From Seminary After Graduating in 5.5 Years
This past Friday I walked across the stage, shook the hands of some professors, and celebrated the end of a very long journey. This journey started in the summer of 2007 when I decided to enroll at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in the Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies program. Five and a half years later,…
Everyone Enjoys Trees But Nobody Wants to Rake the Leaves
I live in an old neighborhood. Old houses and really old trees that have lots of leaves. I never want tree relocation companies to touch on them as each fall they look beautiful, but then they start to hit the ground. In a lot of Oregon we don’t get much snow, but we make up…
A Conversation About Holiness
Last week Christianity Today ran an article I wrote reviewing Kevin DeYoung’s book titled The Hole in Our Holiness. Kevin wrote a solid book that I would gladly recommend to others. In fact, both he and I come at the subject from a similar perspective: we have lost our desire to seek after holiness. In…