How much time do you spend complaining? Well, I know we don’t like calling it that. How about, “pontificating on what could be improved in certain people and situations?” Great leaders are often idealists, and many get frustrated when things… Read More »Complaining or praying?
This is the transcript of the sermon I preached this past Sunday, re-formatted for easier reading. It’s more lengthy than my usual posts, but i think it summarizes well the general attitude toward religion in our society today and the… Read More »Bad Religion?
C.S. Lewis’ classic work The Screwtape Letters is unique because, at the time it was published, Christian satire was rare. Conceived as a conversation between two demons on the best way to tempt a man, called “the Patient,” Lewis’ novel… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Operation Screwtape by Andrew Farley
I started a practice in 2009 of trying to read 52 books a year. To be honest, I never really thought I could keep the book-a-week pace necessary to achieve this. In 2009 I read 39 books. In 2010, 16 books. In… Read More »52 Books in 2012: A Recap
Check out my previous post “4 lessons I’m learning as a dad”. 1. Love is spelled T-I-M-E Quality time is not possible without quantity time. It’s simple: when I spend lots of time with my boys playing and talking, they… Read More »4 (more) lessons I’m learning as a dad
Ron Carpenter’s The Necessity of an Enemy comes at you fast and furious. The chapters are really short. As in, two-to-three-pages short. The concepts are simply stated; like short jabs to the brain. The stories are real, raw and told… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: The Necessity of an Enemy by Ron Carpenter
Robert Morris in his book The Blessed Church (review coming soon), points out that Moses is the archetypical “pastor;” leading the nation of Israel through the wilderness. Hence, he labels Moses’ prayer in Numbers chapter eleven the “Prayer of the… Read More »The prayer of the burned-out pastor
Ok, I’ll admit it: I laughed out loud when I read the title of this book. I only listened to Ken Gire’s Finding God in The Hunger Games out of sheer morbid curiosity. And I have to tell you, it’s… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Finding God in The Hunger Games by Ken Gire
I believe people will pay any amount of money for something they really value. It’s a proven fact in my ministry that students who have been to summer camp in previous years are less likely to respond negatively to a… Read More »Cost, value, and grace
Short and sweet, Adam Hamilton’s Forgiveness gives just a brief overview the most difficult—yet divine–practice of the Christ-follower. This is a well-written, practical primer on the subject of forgiveness. The book divided into four parts: forgiveness in our relationship with… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Forgiveness by Adam Hamilton