The Divine Crash

Recently I had the amazing opportunity to attend LCI 2012 (Large Church Initiative). This is a conference designed for United Methodist pastors of churches with over 350 in attendance.  At first I was very intimidated by this conference, some of the pastors who were there to learn were some of the biggest named in the [...]

Over the summer I had the privilege of speaking at a youth camp.  While there I met the parents of a young woman who is a missionary in India.  While there she adopted a little boy named Kyle.  However, even though the adoption is legal the U.S. Government has been with-holding the visa required for [...]

This morning I was speaking with some other pastors in my area.  We were speaking about why we do what we do.  Why we are pastors.  While others mentioned calling, love, etc… I said
“I am simply trying to change the world.” 

One of the things that I find to be absolutely astounding in full-time ministry is how many stupid comments people say to the pastor.  One woman today told me I had a “cushy” job.
Another person said I was only in it for the money and easy hours. One guy asked me “Do you have a [...]

That first moment when something catches.  Where fire is born, where reaction happens and it sparks something bigger.  That is the Christmas story and that is what we strive for in Church. When we worship we say it was meaningful and we use words like “it spoke to me,” or “I felt close to God.” [...]

My son, Samuel, is three years old and is awesome! We play, wrestle, and have a great time, all the time. We go to events and he helps me in church. We run, jump, sing, dance, all kinds of great stuff.  When I go anywhere he wants to come with me, he grabs my hand [...]

So, once again this year we did the family thing and went to go buy a christmas tree. Being new in town we went to a tree farm we have never been to before.  We bought a tree that looked nice and came home. After getting it and putting it up we noticed that the [...]

For some reason I have ended up in conversations with people about what makes a sermon great and what makes them sink like a brick. Giving a sermon is very much like giving birth. It takes months of planning, building, creating, because deep inside of you is this thing that is alive and growing and [...]