The Most Dangerous Kind of Love

We tend to think hate is the most destructive force in the world. Hate starts wars.Hate divides families.Hate scars people for years. And it does. But there is a kind of love that can do even more damage than hate ever could. Because hate doesn’t pretend to be anything else. Love does. Hate announces itself. […]

What is servant Leadership really?

I’ll be honest. About ten minutes after I first heard the term servant leadership, something about it bothered me. I didn’t want it to. It sounded spiritual. Humble. Right. But there was something inside me that kept saying, That’s not the whole truth. At first, I was embarrassed that I felt that way. So I did what […]

Study, Teach, and Pray.

What if all a pastor had to do… was what Jesus commanded him to do? Study.Teach.Pray. What if that was it? What if the pastor’s primary responsibility wasn’t managing programs, attending every meeting, solving every dispute, answering every text within five minutes, visiting every hospital room personally, planning every event, and carrying the emotional weight […]

God’s Temple Is You!

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit…? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”— 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 This may be one of the most quoted verses in Scripture—and also one of the most misunderstood. The phrase “your body is a temple” shows […]

the Valley

There are people who carry a certain presence.They walk into a room and something shifts.A kind of ease.A quiet confidence.A smile that feels like it belongs there. And then one day, they don’t walk in anymore. And the room knows it. Time keeps moving—numbers keep counting—years, months, days.But grief doesn’t measure time that way.It collapses […]

When CONVERSATIONS Aren’t Fun

There’s a kind of love that feels nice…and there’s a kind of love that saves lives. They are not always the same thing. Nice smiles and nods. Tolerance. Not wanting to rock the boat. or Love that risks the hard conversation—uncomfortable but knowing the peace might need to break so a person can be saved, […]