Love on Display
Yesterday I experienced what can only be described as a holy moment. I had the opportunity to participate in a dedication service at a local hospital as two families met to complete a long-awaited open...
Category: Learning Curve
Discipline
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. Oh, I used to be. I was going to eat better or exercise more or keep my side of the closet more organized or finally wrestle a...
Year End Review: Books
It’s that time again, boys and girls. Time to gather around the warm screen of your laptop and tune in for the turn-of-the-year tradition known as the Connective Tissue Year End Review. What? You didn’t...
Perspective
Before you complain that somebody took the seat that you always sit in at church… Before you get aggravated that you have to walk a little farther from your car in the cold or the...
Breeding Generosity
I have the privilege of serving on staff at one of the most generous churches anywhere. This year we set a ridiculously large goal for our Christmas Missions Offering – $300,000. As of last Sunday,...
All Things to All People?
The Apostle Paul was rather infamous for opening up a can o’ worms. You can hardly fault him. I mean, what would you do if you were chained to an odiferous Roman guard 24/7? Talk...
Hygienists & Holiness
Last week I went in for my regularly scheduled water boarding session known as the dental checkup. I’ve written extensively about my loathing-love for the dentist before, so I won’t revisit the topic of spit vacuum repairmen...
Doing Anything Next Tuesday?
I opened up my email yesterday to find…well, me, staring back at me. Not really staring. “Staring off into the distance, kind of squinty-like” is a better way of putting it. So I’m doing a...
What’s Your 1%?
Most of the time, we try to measure change in massive increments. We don’t just want to lose “a little weight.” We want to lose a Backstreet Boy. We don’t want to save “a little...
I’m Going to See Dave
I dig Dave Ramsey, and I think you should, too. That’s not a broadly-painted statement like “I think you should try the new $1 chocolate turnover from Arby’s because it tastes like it’s made of...
