Here I am at age three, ready to head out on the highway and look for adventure on my tricycle.

Here I am with Will Mancini of Auxano Church Consulting. Back in 2010-2011, Will led a Good Shepherd team on the quest for clarity in terms of our identity. The result he helped us unearth is inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. ...

Lord knows I loved my time at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. I made great friends, was surrounded by phenomenal professors, and learned a method of bible study that finds its way into virtually every sermon I preach.  In fact, each of the...

Yesterday's message ... Drew its energy from John's storytelling skill in turning a random encounter into a theological statement;Led to "get to know you" conversations with staff and leaders rather than "can we sign you up for kids' ministry?"Drew a distinction...

We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re there now. Stuck in the same. Mired in the mediocre. Living in an excess of average. But what if life offered so much more? What if you didn’t have to wait until you die for eternal life really began?! And what if the secret to an...

" . . . whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” Frightening words from Mark 3:29. Yet it's vital to remember that the unforgivable sin is not something you do. It's an attitude you have. It's not an act...

Most of us have been heartbroken over the spate of storms demolisthing part of our nation's midsection. And I can't think of storms with out thinking of storm chasers. Those folks in cars chasing tornadoes. And those folks in life who specialize in chasing down storms...

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, WRFX, Charlotte's Classic Rock station (defined in these parts as a heavy dose of Lynrd Skynrd with occasional morsels of Led Zeppelin and AC/DC) counted down its Five Hundred Greatest Rock Songs Of All Time. Are there even Five Hundred...

Yesterday's message ... Brought the "Brave" series to a close by looking at some of final words in the final book of the biblical library;Starting out with a seriously-not-serious look at all the Super Bowl Victory Parades they've had in New England;Hinged on John's...

My friends Jonathon and Bailey Upchurch began daughter Stella's church involvement early this past Sunday. When we say faith "starts at home," we mean it.