We’re in the midst of a pretty solid recession here in the US and the effects have reached around the world to some degree, but one place where the job market has always been awful is Africa. Even our worst recession doesn’t compare to the lack of the average African nations’ economic prospects. Basically no [...]

Planning meals with your circle of friends, church group, or other organization is such a great way to lift up others and it’s so simple to do. However, planning this usually falls on one person and it can spiral out of control.
Does this thread of emails look familiar?
sara: Hey gang, anyone want to help bring [...]

Okay, so I’m guessing this is more awkward for me jumping back on the blog but I watched this song probably a good 6-9 months ago and really dug it. If anyone reading this blog knows me on a super-personal level then you’d know Phil Wickham would probably not be an artist you’d find in [...]

Wisdom – I always had plenty of brains, but my timing and delivery was awful. Essentially, I lacked wisdom and found myself playing ping-pong between legalism and living in license. Only place where that pure wisdom can come from is God. I received my first taste when doing the 30 days of wisdom series on [...]

I am a soldier in a war that is diametrically opposed to all that is cool. By cool, I’m not talking about your gel-quaffed hair and fond memories of being in a boy band or my obsession with anyone that mentions the atari 2600. My mission is simply to help people reach their audience on [...]

The Bible is filled with seeming paradoxes but there is one recurring theme. God’s strength is revealed most in our weakness. In a previous post I discussed what I have control over and what is out of control and found the answer to the first to be “very little” and the second to be “quite [...]

Stop running from him
Sit and wait for him
Turn around and run toward him
Realize he is everywhere
Quit being afraid and talk to him
Shut up and listen to him
Ask for forgiveness
Forgive others
Ask for him to save me
Give my life to him

If not, then what is?

Denial that I’m wrong reveals pride that made me nearly impossible to be around
Denial of the problems themselves results in collateral damage as the people who I love are pulled into it
Denial of God’s calling on my life kept me from wisdom and loving relationships that bring me closer to knowing the person of Christ.

Guys [...]

I knew this one person who was the most angry person I had ever met. They literally screamed and argued with everyone. Once people stopped subjecting themselves, they argued alone.
So you’d think after drinking all that in, I would have taken every precaution to act completely different, right? I’ll share a little nugget here which [...]