What’s Your Capacity?
Yesterday in our monthly staff meeting, we talked about burnout. Yes, burnout. For pastors. The guys who only work one day a week and whose idea of “a tough day at the office” involves dropping...
Category: Learning Curve
Plan the Read, Read the Plan
If you’ve been scouring the innernets over the last few days, there’s a few common themes running a’through it: resolutions, year-end reviews, and Bible reading plans. This won’t be a post about resolutions, and I...
Year In Review: Books
I love me some books. While it’s true that I’ve loved me a brand new daughter this year more than I’ve loved me some books and therefore I’ve loved me a lot less books than...
I’m With Joe
I’ve been thinking a lot about Joseph this season. You know…Joseph of Nazareth. The forgotten parent of Jesus. Russ Moore’s excellent blog post earlier this week both encapsulated and expanded on much of what I’ve...
It’s Not What You Know…
Last night my fourteen year old came to me, excited out of his skull about a study trick he’d just developed. In preparation for an upcoming biology test his teacher told the class that they...
Into
Many of you asked about this weekend’s Tim Keller quote in the sermon. And by “Many of you” I mean “No one in particular, but by golly it was a blog worthy quote so I’m...
What We’ve Forgotten
There are many details we’ll never forget about that day: where we were when we heard the news. How we heard it. Who we were with. We’ll never forget the shock, the horror, the tears....
Adventures in Missing the Point
Franks Family Vacation 2011 is nearing the end. For the last few days we’ve been hanging out in Colorado (state motto: Our Mountains Are More Mountainous Than Tennessee’s Mountains) with Merriem’s brother and his family,...
Dud.
When I was in 8th grade, I had a gig as a teacher in “Children’s Church,” which is where Christian parents send their kids so they won’t whine for the grape juice and little stale...
Overcharging For The Gospel
I own a 14 year old entrepreneur. Well, “entrepreneur” may be too nice of a word. “Con artist,” “swindler,” “shyster” … those are the words that more accurately describe my – ahem – entrepreneur. Austin...
