So I have been reading The Accidental Creative: How to be brilliant at a moments notice. And let me say it is a great book. Author Todd Henry tortures you through the first four chapters, revealing so many familiar time, energy, and creativity misappropriations, it makes you a little bitter (haha). But in the remainder of the [...]
Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
No More Ministry Silos!!! (Developing Congruence & interdependence in Ministry)
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Life, ministry, strategy, structure on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Tension in the Battle of Gay Marriage (As I see it)
Posted in Bible, Culture, Life, Politics, tagged Church and State, Gay Marriage on July 26, 2011 | 10 Comments »
As an evangelical, Bible believing Christian; I find myself strangely disturbed in the battle against gay marriage. And not for the reasons that you might think. It’s not that I think people of the same sex should be married. I would actually say that I have a huge issue with that. It’s that as Christians [...]
Taking my eyes off Jesus
Posted in Christianity, Life, tagged God's love on February 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Lately life has been going 200 miles per hour without a break in sight…. Turns out if you run to fast for to long you crash. And that’s just what happened to me. I’ve been sick as a dog and honestly panicked, knowing that the work load isn’t letting up and I have a couple [...]
To Covet Community (Does the Church owe the LGBTQ Community an apology) a follow up
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Life, Missional on November 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Do we realize that our fellowship, our unity is not only just holy, and good, and right before the Lord. But that it is beautiful, and life giving, and it is a demonstration of grace and hope?
Consider this, do your relationships say more to the world than your religion.
Does the Church owe the LGBTQ Community an apology for the their treatment?
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Life, Politics, tagged church, LGBTQ, Murder on October 27, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Fast forward to me sitting in front of Kim in prison (being a pastor has its privileges). Bro what happened, I asked. The answer would changed me forever. Kim and Haranto had been having a relationship together and Haranto was going to expose Kim. I could hardly breath, Why, why did you have to kill him? Why didn’t you come to us? We are your brothers. The answer, “You would have never accepted me, I heard what you guys called people like me, I came to the bible studies, I knew God wouldn’t love me because of who I am…
Would Jesus Smoke With ME???
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Life on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Would Jesus Smoke with me? If so what would he smoke, a cigar, a cigarette, or how about a “J”? I would love your opinions on this topic. Is this a cultural issue or a moral one? If you think he would Why, and if you think he wouldn’t why not? Does the time 2009 [...]
Approaching homosexuality
Posted in Christianity, Life, Uncategorized, tagged counseling, Gay, Homosexual, lesbian, tough questions on February 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What would you say to someone, a Christian psychologist, who states that you should approach “treatment” with homosexuals by trying to make them heterosexual, trying to show them their wrong, and altering their sexual perceptions to an accurate sexual drive.
The Training Ground of God
Posted in Christianity, Life on February 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1 David was a man skilled in war. From his days as a shepherd boy to the days of serving in Saul’s army to leading his own army, David learned to be a skillful warrior. How does [...]
Bourbon Street Hotties get what they need…
Posted in Christianity, Life on January 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of an illustrious Career in ministry, the 87-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the 16,300 in attendance at the Celebration of Hope Crusade in New Orleans Arena, Sunday Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last evangelistic crusade, Graham invited the packed house of evangelical Christians and [...]
A Dissent: The Case Against Faith ( A response Part 1)
Posted in Christianity, Life, Politics on January 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times best sellers, “Letter to a Christian Nation” and “The End of Faith.” He also recently wrote an article that was published in Newsweek, A Dissent: The Case Against Faith. When I first read the article in Newsweek, I initially thought ‘here is a guy that [...]
