I’ve been slowly reading through Forgotten God by Francis Chan. After having read Crazy Love last year I gained an appreciation for the voice that the author has and find myself challenged by some of the ideas that he presents. Today I have one quote from the book that I want to throw out to …
Read more »This past weekend I was invited to speak at GCC’s Daddy Daughter Dance. I consider this an honor as I was able to bring Megan with me. What you read below is a loose paraphrase of some that I shared with the 90 or so daddy’s and daughters that were in attendance. I was the …
Read more »This morning at GCC we had another baptism service. I can honestly say baptisms are one of my favorite times in ministry. We do our baptisms at the end of our worship time prior to the start of preaching. For me the baptisms become the exclamation point in our worship to God. This morning for …
Read more »My friend Tim Schmoyer is starting up another round of youth ministry mentoring. Each session so far I have enjoyed being a mentor to a young youth leader. I look forward to these mentoring sessions each year and am humbled to be a part of them. The exciting thing about this round is that it …
Read more »I have to admit that I have failed. For far too long I have not answered with the correct answer. We have a great group of young leaders at our church. Often I am asked, “Can I help with anything?” and I answer, “nope, all set.” I am realizing more and more that when I …
Read more »Often times I am inspired by the actions of others. I see a news story of someone doing good in their community. I hear a song that moves me. I witness someone helping others. These things inspire me. These things bring me hope but in the end the memories fade. They leave me longing for …
Read more »In Flickering Pixels, author Shane Hipps sets out to show us how the technology that we use and so readily embrace actually ends up using us. As we strive to share God with the world around us we end up becoming less effective because we have forgotten that the medium IS the message. Our presence …
Read more »Dear Concord High School Students & Faculty, Monday there will be a group of people standing outside of your school as you head in to start the day. Many of them will have signs that communicate some very hateful sentiments. Others will shout some things that will make you cringe. This group is from the …
Read more »About a year ago a friend of mine mentioned that I should re-read “The Dream Releaser” by Wayne Cordiero. Having read it about two years prior I thought it would be a good time to refresh myself with the book. As I re-read the book I realized how formative the book had been to me …
Read more »A few weeks back I received a copy of “Primal – A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity” from Mark Batterson to read and review. My initial thoughts about the book are that is has a very similar theme to all of Mark’s books so far. I have read In a Pit with a …
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