Going Deeper… What did I do wrong to deserve this? 10 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 Yesterday I started a series of posts prompted by everyone's favorite pastoral question: "Why is this happening to me?" It is a very honest question when we are suffering, and…
Spiritual Formation… I Hate Waiting 2 Mar 20143 Mar 2014 One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. So many great quotes from that movie. Who has not heard that line of Indigo Montoya, "I will walk up to…
Worship I Don’t Think So… 25 Feb 201425 Feb 2014 Music. I love music! Music is one of the great therapies of life! In one of God's ironic twists, He has given me a love for music and no personal…
Faith… Remember to Look Up 11 Feb 201411 Feb 2014 Turn to me and be gracious to me,for I am lonely and afflicted.Relieve the troubles of my heartand free me from my anguish.Look on my affliction and my distressand take…
Family… Rest 8 Feb 20148 Feb 2014 First off, Mandi and I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, notes, emails, messages, and calls. It has meant a lot to us and we have been held…
Christian Living… What I Want to See in the Mirror 13 Jan 201413 Jan 2014 The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to…
Discipleship… Grace in the Dirt, Part 1 10 Jan 201410 Jan 2014 If you were to travel to the Middle East today, and head north from Jerusalem you would very soon come to the city of Askar. There you would find an…
Discipleship… The Right Theology, But the Wrong Idea 6 Jan 20147 Jan 2014 "You all need to know that God is sovereign, and He has a wonderful, perfect plan for your life," she said to about 30 kids in her children's message at…
Discipleship… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 1 11 Dec 201311 Dec 2013 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look…
Christian Living… God’s Foreknowledge and Free Will 14 Nov 201314 Nov 2013 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 