I’ve admired John Piper for some time now.  I was introduced to him back in college in the form of his book, Desiring God.  It was required reading for a class I was taking, and I devoured it.  In it, Piper gave me permission to enjoy God and enjoy my faith-journey with Him.  This was [...]

Need a laugh?  Need 50 of them? In honor of YouTube’s 5th birthday this year,  Time.com just released YouTube’s 50 Best Videos complete with the story behind each one.  Funny how my two favorite YouTube videos were ranked #1 and #2 by Time.com as well!  I’ve included them below, and I’ve also included the link [...]

I’m not a huge fan of politicians.  My cynicism won’t let me root for anyone running for a big-time elected office because of the corruption and deception that it often takes to get there.  Therefore, I’m not a big fan of Barack Obama, but what I just read in the latest Harris Report is ridiculous.
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Last Spring, my daughter, Jasmine, was invited to go to Washington D.C. to receive a large college scholarship.  She was one of 111 out of over 30,000 applicants to win.  It was a huge honor for her…and for us.  As she was preparing to go, she said that Denzel Washington was slated to be there [...]

Observing Lent is a new thing for me (see “My Rookie Year of Observing Lent”), but the concept of observing the Sabbath is not.  I’ve been wrestling with how to make the Sabbath a day of rest, recreation, and spiritual focus for years now.  I’ve had some success in leading my family in this but [...]

I made a cameo appearance on the local news today.  My son’s school was locked-down this morning because of a SWAT situation in the neighborhood, and who did the local media turn to for all of the late-breaking information on the situation?  None other than me!
Click the link below and watch as a new star [...]

One of my blog followers sent this to me from a church in Missouri.  For the non-Christians reading this sign, I wonder how they feel about being told that hell is in them.  Not so sure this helps with the harvest at Harvest Church.

If you’ve followed my blog for any amount of time, then you know that I can’t stand it when churches put stupid phrases and slogans on their street signs.  Many of you don’t like it either.  While we were traveling from New Mexico to Ohio this past weekend, we made a quick pit stop somewhere [...]

“Some people go to Florida for Spring Break, but we go to Ohio.”  This is what Taylor said as we were running from a store to our car in a freezing rain and sleet storm on the first night in my hometown of Van Wert, Ohio.  Potter Spring Break 2010: Northwest Ohio.
All eight of us [...]

Leadership Network’s Eric Swanson has identified Eight Trends That Will Shape the Future of Global Missions. They are:
1. Mutuality—The future of missions will be shaped by mutuality between East and West, North and South, sending and receiving nations. Churches worldwide are learning to come together.
2. Partnering—Different than mutuality, partnering pertains to projects that require the [...]