Sometimes everything you know, love, and remember about a poerson can be summed up in one picture. A moment frozen in time that speaks continually…
As I have mentioned before, my Grandpa was a gregarious and boisterous coal-miner-turned-Pentecostal-preacher from the Appalachian mountains. There was nothing subtle about him. He would…
Someone once observed that church had become so focused on the performance of the preacher and worship leaders that the people attending had actually begun…
I have gone to a lot of church services in my lifetime. And if I had to try to guess which passage from Scripture I…
I took the red pill yesterday, and God showed me how deep in my heart the rabbit-hole goes. It started with what seemed like a…
I have read many wonderful reflections during this first week of Lent. Unfortunately, I grew up in a faith tradition that largely ignored the Christian…
The blood of Jesus is one of the most powerful resources available to us. It is also the most fundamental image of the Christian message….
A friend of mine, Gary Ray, posted a handy piece on humility on his blog and it got me thinking about the subject. I have…
In the New Testament we are told that on at least two occasions Jesus fed a multitude of hungry people with only a tiny bit…
For nearly two thousand years the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew has captivated the hearts, minds, and imaginations of Christ followers everywhere. It has been affectionately…
Learning to fight is just as important for girls as it is boys, but I suspect this issue is particularly important for men at this…
In honor of the new year, and all of the resolutions that typically come with it, I thought a few thoughts on the whole resolution…