The Divine Crash

Dear Jesus,
Today, I want to put my hope in You and I want to trust only in You but so far I have trusted in alarm clocks, seat belts, my car, other people, and even caffeine.
I don’t want that and I’m sorry.  Too many times I hope in things that aren’t You.  It isn’t that [...]

Today’s sermon was a little short but it is about the miracle of Jesus walking on the water while the disciple’s are in a boat in the middle of a storm.  You can listen to the audio here or on iTunes by searching for iTunes.

Last night I was helping my two year-old son eat some ice-cream and some of it dripped on the floor.  Before I could clean it up he picked it up with his hand and ate it.  He didn’t have to do this, my son didn’t need to do this but he wanted to.

I don’t understand [...]

There is a new TV show on called “The Marriage Ref.”  This show is about couples who have an argument and three celebrities make a decision about who wins their argument and then everyone gets a cruise.
However, I think these silly arguments could be avoided if both people would just shut up and die.  I don’t mean [...]

I spend months writing a sermon, I have planned sermons out through July and I am working on a schedule through the end of the year. I have rough ideas what my sermons will look like months in advance.
Then the week before I give a teaching I sit down and begin arranging and memorizing [...]

I just had my birthday and to celebrate my family went out to eat, but I got to pick. I could go anywhere I wanted, and really we can afford to go anywhere I want. Which makes the question where should I go?

Today you can listen to the sermon on iTunes or by clicking here. About halfway through the sermon I showed the God’s chisel video from the Skit Guys which only partially picked up on the recording but you can watch it here.

My wife and I are expecting our second child and as a result we needed a new car.  After spending a few weeks researching we settled on a Kia Sportage.