Earthly Treasures or Biblical Blessings? So often in our lives we associate a “blessings” with earthly treasures. Money, fancy cars, tech, clothes, etc. Whenever we receive something new we say, “God has blessed us greatly!” This is incredibly far from the truth. The biblical definition of a blessing is anything that grows your intimacy with [...]
Catchy Titles Trending Trendy titles and blogs pop up on social media for me saying things like “What Young Leaders Need to Know” and “Where To Find Tomorrow’s Church Planters”. Tweets on leaders being learners all over the likes and retweets of those that I follow and Catalyst conference continues to put out great content [...]
Haiti I have lived in Cabaret, Haiti with Breathe Partners for about three years. I have fallen in love with a language that, years ago, use to sound like static to my ears. I have learned a plethora of similarities and differences of the Haitian culture that never fails to amaze me. Three years is [...]
Complacent Church Why is it that we try walking humbly with God without doing anything? Why is it that we want God's grace for ourselves but want God's wrath for everyone else? Why do we try to love God, but not love people? For the longest time, I would go to church and do the [...]
Dreamer... Your vision is obscured by fiercely falling snow and frozen breath. In your peripherals you detect movement. Pupils dilate. Muscles tighten. Adrenaline shivering up your spine. Hearts pumping. It's a prowling lion stalking its prey, you. What is your response? Are you fearfully running? Or, are you courageously chasing it down? This paints a [...]
1Q84 I read a book called 1Q84, written by the Japanese author, Harumi Murakami. It's a fantasy novel about two protagonists who stumble in a world with two moons. The story is long, and it gets convoluted, but through three books, remain interesting, much like how life works I guess. But there was one [...]
The Purpose of Jesus We all know the story of Baby Jesus. We tell it every year at Christmas time. We teach it to our kids before they know how to write their own names. We use the story to tell the gospel. None of these things are bad, but I think that too often [...]
New Year We all hear about New Years and Resolutions with a tendency to tune out – they have lost their power by the time you are in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond. We have seen the friends with the goals, we’ve maybe made them ourselves, and when nothing sticks the idea seems destined [...]
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to [...]
The Journey... Evil is gradually becoming more decadent and pervasive. It is so prevalent. Just yesterday, walking maybe two-hundred yards from my front door, I was offered every single drug that I know… and some I didn’t even know what they were. I strolled by a few prostitutes habitually giving me seductive smirks just trying [...]
