A Few Questions Movies Leave You With

This weekend I watched yet another super hero film in prep for The Avengers. As I was watching The Incredible Hulk tear up New York in his battle against Abomination a few questions came to my mind concerning movies in general. 1. Who rebuilds these cities? In most films of this type major destruction happens […]

A Big Moment

I drop my child (the youngest) off at school most everyday. It is a treat for me. He’s a great kid. My normal operating procedure is, I drop him off, then as I’m leaving I roll down the window (regardless of the temp or weather condition) and we tell each other to have a good […]

Morality, who gets to decide?

What is right and what is wrong is debated in our day and is a result of the debate never being settled in the past and it will not end until Jesus returns. Morality… how is it defined? and who gets to determine what is moral and what is not? Who gets to determine if […]

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This post originally appeared as “De-Friended”. Today it is reposted as a promise I made while preaching Sunday’s message called Adversary, you can download that Sermon Here I think sometimes forgiveness is hard. In fact it is easier to want it than give it. Forgiveness doesn’t mean a blank slate…

Do you Mean it?

Lead me not into temptation. What if we really meant that “line” when we prayed the Lord’s prayer? Better yet, what if we prayed just “that line” while we were being tempted? Lord, she has ticked me off. I want to get even. The rage wants to be released. So I am asking you to […]

10 Reasons it’s haRd to be cReative in a chuRch enviRonment

Here are 10 reasons why creativity is hard to find in a church environment. 3 – Creativity is often met with – “we can’t do that” or “we have never done it that way.” 1. The pastoral staff is way to busy with everything else and never gets a chance to take time to be […]