Prototype

We started a new season of life this week. I stepped out of my full-time ministry position to spend more time with my daughter and wife and grow our business which supports local churches across the county. There’s a lot more to it, but that’s the elevator speech version. What’s harder to convey is how

Expediency of Words

Anna and I have a friend who is a children’s counselor, which comes in pretty handy when raising a teenager. She said something to us the other day I had never heard before. The older we get, the fewer words we use to explain things because we spend so much time in the company of

You Are Flawesome!

This week, I learned a new word and thought it fit us pretty well: Flawesome: (adj.) Extremely impressive or inspiring through embracing one’s flaws. My brother called to tell me about a speaker he had heard who used this word as the basis of his talk. The message sounded like one that could have been

The Best is Yet to Come

I love the idea of a clean slate – a chance to start new and start fresh. This week, as you watch 2022 make its promises, remember Baby New Year borrowed those promises from our God. The God who loves us and wants the very best for us. So, when making our resolutions for this

Have a Very Good Christmas

“So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Genesis 1: 27, 31 Whew! We made it! Christmas has finally arrived. I hope today meets all the weeks of exciting

Man Plans, God Sets Steps

My all-time favorite movies all seem to have something in common. A young, naive learner gets trained by a wise, experienced teacher to kick some butt and make wrongs right. Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back, Rocky III, Highlander, and of course, the Karate Kid.  I know I love these movies because they play into

A Slight Adjustment

If you’ve ever had a headache, you know how annoying they are. If you’ve ever had a migraine, you know how destroying they are. There was a two-year period when I would have upwards of three migraines a week. Regular headaches can make you miserable, but the dizziness and nausea from migraines often made me

This One’s For You

In life, we all have memories on the highlight reel. Some of them are big blockbuster moments of victory, and others are just funny stories that you’ll never forget.  This is one of my favorites.  One Sunday morning, one of my best friends introduced me to his daughter’s new boyfriend. He said something like this.

My Thanksgiving List

Don’t you think that everyone should be required to wait tables at Shoney’s, IHOP, or Waffle House at least once in their lives? Maybe just for a summer, but these and most other food service-related places give opportunities to see people at their best and their worst. Wouldn’t that type of experience change the culture

Next Gen Family

Recently I was listening to a podcast about what the church needed to do to be attractive to this generation of young adults. Listening to their tactical approach to inviting people to God’s house got me thinking about how much my church has been like a family to me.  January marks the 23rd year since