14 Signs You’re Wasting Your Life (with credit to John Piper)

When you come to the end of your life, will you find yourself still struggling to find purpose and meaning for your life? 50, 60 years from now, will you have found the answers to the questions that have been plaguing you these last few years? What am I to do? Who am I to […]

What Are You For?

Here’s a quick test. Is it sin? Do I have a problem with it? If the answer is not Yes/Yes or No/No, there’s a heart issue within us that needs to be dealt with- and that issue will prevent us from approaching the election with an accurate moral scale. Because there is only one who is righteous and only one capable of being the Judge. Any other scale is flawed.

Prayer and the Art of Sportsing

Squarely within our cheering and jeering, I firmly believe that we’ve completely missed the fact that our prayers for such matters are misguided at best, and may in fact even be idolatrous.

The Heart of the Matter…

My city is in pain. The country is in shock. And much of the world is in mourning. Amidst everything that’s happened in Orlando in the past 3 days, I’ve never been more proud to call this city my home. While I may complain about the drivers, the cheesy pandering to tourism, and the mindless devotion to The Mouse, we certainly know how to come together for a cause.

Why I Hate Conservatism

I cannot stand Conservatism. Mind you, I’m talking about the word itself. The movement, if it can be called that has its merits and its flaws, to be sure. But it’s the word that I’m hung up on. Talking heads and blogs on either side of the aisle have begun using this terminology and it […]

Embracing Conflict

That’s not to say that some teams that lack trust don’t argue. It’s just that their arguments are often destructive because they are laced with politics, pride, and competition, rather than humble pursuit of truth.

Ebola Is Not The Biggest Epidemic Facing The American Church

There is a bit of an epidemic in today’s church that, on the surface, looks to be squarely the fault of the “everyday believer”. What’s the problem? Lack of interest and participation in the more “higher level” programs and activities taking place within the church. The Purpose Driven Church model would say that people are […]

Personal Manifesto

My attempt at being whole-hearted, vulnerable, open, and transparent. This is who I am at the core. This is what drives me.