Tweet One of the most profound questions in the Bible was asked by Pilot, before he washed his hands and sealed his fate. He asked this in a sarcastic, mocking way not really wanting an answer. This is the scene at the beginning of The Truth Project, a 13 week study by Dr. Dale Tackett [...]
It has finally happened. Westboro Baptist Church, who gained notoriety by picketing at soldiers’ funerals, are coming to my backyard.
Tweet Back in the day, I was a green beer drinking idiot for St. Patrick’s Day and thought it was a celebration of the Irish. Almost all Caucasians in America lay claim to some Irish ancestry, especially on March 17th. I later evolved into a Guinness drinking idiot. Once, to honor my Irish ancestry, I [...]
CS Lewis wrote in The Joyful Christian that theology is the science of God.
Tweet When I was little, it seemed a lot of fights I found myself in came down to arguing over who was first. “I was here first!”, “I had it first!”. It seemed most arguments ended up with that as final defense. Our pastor is leading us in a series for Lent called “Take Me [...]
How do we measure success in life, in our work?
Tweet Thank you to the wonderfully talented people at LifeChurch.tv for their YouVersion Bible. I have been a fan of the iTunes app and using it on my iPod Touch for a little over a year. I recently discovered the website and apps for Blackberry and mobile web. It is an incredible, collaborative, interactive tool. [...]
Tweet Last week I attended the Worship Facilities Expo conference in Charlotte, NC with a few thousand others. It is a conference about facilities and technology for churches. I first attended in the spring of 2008 in Indianapolis. My goal for the first conference was to learn about technology and it’s use in churches. I [...]
Tweet This is the post of my much overdue thoughts on The Shack. Having lived in Columbus for a few years, I know a few Ohio State songs. I know how they feel about “the whole state of Michigan” and that “Hang On Sloopy” is high church! I also remembered this little ditty about round [...]
Tweet Peer pressure! Everyone seems to have read The Shack except me. I have a natural tendency to resist the “hot” thing and biggest trends out of my stubbornness. I want to be different, just like everyone else! I have read a lot ABOUT The Shack but had not decided if I wanted to read [...]