The rhythm of a seven day week is so foundational to most of us that you'd think it was wired into creation from the very beginning. Oh, it was ... ? Anyway, as a person who values ... no, lives by ... no, is radically dependent upon ROUTINE, I have realized there are...

Yesterday's message ... Gave me a chance to call the congregation "gullible" as they re-enacted Moses, Aaron, and Hur on the mountaintop in Exodus 17; Gave me another opportunity to help households realize how relentlessly their children are under attack by 21st...

Not to be melodramatic, but can I get a bit melodramatic? I believe that what we'll share on Sunday morning has the ability to change the trajectory of lives and families and households throughout our region. There.  I said it.  It's a big deal. And it's called The WE...

How's that for a post title? But I'll tell you what else it is: the key to me living up to whatever leadership potential I have. If you've spent anytime following my posts or even listening to my sermons, you know that I don't regard leadership as one of my primary...

A few years ago, I went through a season where I read Paul's letter to the Colossians every morning.    Since the New Testament epistles were designed to be heard/read/experienced in one sitting, I thought we'd give it try that way. It proves to be much more fruitful...

I have a confession:  earlier in my ministerial career I treated any conversation about church mission statements with the dreaded eye roll. “Not again,” I thought.  “There goes someone pontificating about mission and vision, which if you ask me is just a lot of talk...

Yesterday's message ... Dealt with Bezalel and Oholiab, two of the bible's movers & shakers who no one has ever heard of; Gave the analogy that the tabernacle is to the temple as a food truck is to a restaurant (original!); Had the people in the sound & AV...

Yesterday's post included some thoughts on my bromance with Aaron Mansfield, pastor of Morehead UMC in Morehead, Kentucky. It also linked to our recent podcast, which you can access at the bottom of this post as well. A good chunk of our conversation was devoted to...

Yes, you read that post title correctly. Social media has significantly improved my life. Now: many people lament the effects of social media on the body politic, reporting how Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the rest accentuate our differences and polarize our...

Several years ago, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played an exhibition match called "The Battle Of The Surfaces" in which half the court was grass and the other half was clay. The arrangement made me think of the line from Hotel California:  "this could be heaven or...