Wow. This video clip is powerful. Maybe it’s because I’m considered a part of the “clergy,” or maybe it’s because I do have a sensitive heart (really, I do!), but this moved me.  Especially the last few seconds.  I’ve felt what that pastor is feeling.  I’ve said what that pastor is saying.  I’ve been brought [...]

I wrote this 2 years ago today during the 2010 mid-term election season. I still feel the same.  I hate election season.  I’m not anti-voting, anti-democracy, or anti-American.  I just hate the onslaught of negative media campaigns where political opponents slam, slaughter, and condemn one another.  It’s so bad that my kids have caught on.  [...]

I recently attended a conference along with 1400 other people where Christian author and social critic, Os Guinness, spoke.  Although I was just one of many in attendance that day, it was as if he was speaking to me.  He said, “In America today, everybody’s speaking and hardly anyone is listening.  Focused attention is rarer [...]

Hate the sin.  Love the sinner. I’m really starting to hate this saying.  It’s a phrase that has been used repeatedly by Christians over the years who are trying to figure out how to deal with people who live like hell.  For the most part, the Christian world has endorsed it, but I for one, [...]

Who’s in charge of your church?  Weird question, I know, but who’s really in charge?  Is it the pastor? The deacon board? The elders? The trustees? The rich old people? The church secretary?  The janitorial staff?  Who’s in charge? You may think this question isn’t very important, but it’s actually one of the most important [...]

Americans aren’t losing their religion; their changing their religion…a lot. I’m not sure if you caught the article about this at cnn.com on Monday, but if you didn’t, let me share some of it with you. More than half of American adults have changed religion in their lives, a huge new survey by the Pew [...]

I’m studying Psalm 124 this week in preparation to preach on it this Sunday. One of the resources I’m using is a book called, Meditation in the Psalms by Erling C. Olsen written in 1939. As I was reading today, I came across an application he was making that spoke directly to the Great Depression [...]