Forced Sabbath
I’m very much a schedule guy. I like to have my day organized, like to know what’s happening when, and I get very frustrated when things don’t go according to plan. Like a snow day....
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Parenting Paradox
The Good: Our last born lost his first tooth yesterday. He’s been wondering for a while when the big moment was going to happen, and so were we, since there wasn’t a sign of a...
Believe: Finish Line?
Sunday was the culmination of our Believe project. At all four campuses all day long, we prayed, gave, and worshipped the God who made it all possible. If you’re like me, Sunday was also the...
Divine Encounters
Here’s a peek into my world over the last ten days: I had a conversation with a guy who doesn’t attend our church. He was raised in church, but now doesn’t know what he believes...
Goodbye, Amber
Today is going to be a bittersweet day around the Summit offices. For the last six years we’ve worked and laughed and cried and served with a great friend. Today, that friend is doing something...
Believe: Money Talks?
As a pastor, it’s drilled into your head that you don’t talk about money. Ever. Never ever. I don’t know who drills that in there, necessarily, but it’s true. Or at least I think it...
This Post is Rated PG-13
Today, I’m walking down memory lane. Today, I have a loop reel of the faces of hundreds of parents that I served during my years as a Student Pastor. I remember looking them dead in...
Come Into His Presence with…Diet Coke?
As a kid, beverages in worship were an absolute no-no. My parents would have sooner had me stand up on the pew and throw my Mad Libs: Church Edition* square at the pastor’s head than...
Believe: It’s for the Kids
Don’t break out your Whitney Houston soundtrack just yet. That’s not where I’m going. My wife – in addition to taking good care of me while I’m at the dentist – also has some incredibly...
Insights on Incisors, Part Two
This is an unplanned follow up to a previous post, if you’d like to catch up. Yesterday I had to make a return trip to the dentist’s office to replace a filling that decided to...
