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…
The Driscoll Disclaimer
American Evangelical Christianity has created its own set of controversial leaders. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve heard someone say “I don’t love everything they say” to preface their coming quote from a pastor. It’s our own little disclaimer so if the person or people we’re talking with…
Fortuitous Bouncing
According to my math, we’re going on 2.5 weeks of sunshine and temperatures between 75* and 85* here in Portland. Don’t tell anyone though. We like that people think it rains all the time here. I haven’t even turned on the air conditioning yet this summer. One weird thing about me. Far and away my…
The New Look
This blog has been down over the past few days to make quite a few changes to the look and function within it. Paul Bae has been a rock star coder for me and he came up with the new look of the blog. If you’re reading this in an email or RSS reader head…
God Behind Bars
Growing up in Salem/Keizer, Oregon I remember driving past one of the State Penitentiaries plenty of times. It’s on the outskirts of the city but along a major highway as well. As a kid I didn’t know any better, so I thought everyone in there was hell-bound. To me (as a child), the people in…
Fortuitous Bouncing
This past Sunday I played in the band in the morning, and then led worship and spoke at our high school ministry program. I don’t recommend doing all that in one day. I couldn’t think straight on Monday morning. Just a reminder that the social sharing buttons above each post are yours to use to…