“He chose…poorly.” Those three words are three words I vividly recall my father quoting to me my entire childhood. If you aren’t familiar with them, they are from Indiana Jones and the [...]
One of the most difficult things in life is moving on. Very few people like the concept or idea of having to move on, mainly because it is not an easy or fun process. We want to get to the next [...]
If you read the title of this and got offended, please understand I am not attacking the church or saying I hate the church in any way, I mean I am a Christian and pastor. However, after joining [...]
Jesus was not the best of friends with the Pharisees and Sadducees. Many times in the Gospels we see these groups of people trying to find fault in what Jesus did, because he seemed to take some [...]
In a recent conversation, a topic came up on churches and how no matter who you are or where you are, there are excuses that can be made. In the winter time there is the excuse that people do not [...]
“Are you the person you’re looking for is looking for?” This is a question I first became familiar with a little over a year ago. However, it hit me in a new way last night. If you have [...]
I am on a daily reading plan on the YouVersion Bible App with a teenager in my youth group. Many people have this App and know there is a daily verse on the homepage of the App that shows up when [...]
“He replied, “You give them something to eat.” They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”” Luke 9:13 If we’re going to be [...]
Yesterday, if you remember, I talked about how I had a conversation with one of my mentors about how the previous year had hurt me, more than it had helped me. It led me to feeling like I [...]
This is my first blog post I have put up in over two months, but today I knew it was time to share something. In August of 2012, I was listening to a sermon and the pastor challenged us to [...]