The Divine Crash

I felt like this was an appropriate post after my last post and something I have been thinking about lately. Sometimes people are wrong (not me, but other people).
Sometimes you are wrong. 
And sometimes people will point out to you that you are wrong.

Pastors, when was the last time you were in church and you weren’t in charge? When it wasn’t a learning event or work related but was a time for you to sit with your family and just worship the God of the universe? God created us to worship in community.  Pastors are not exempt from [...]

Recently I found myself in a discussion with another pastor about the meaning of Christmas.  This pastor told me that it didn’t matter if the Christmas story was true.  That what mattered was the meaning behind the story.  He went on to say that the virgin birth didn’t matter because it is impossible to have happened [...]

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 [...]

Acts 10:34 says this: “Peter said, “I really am learning that God doesn’t show partiality to one group of people over another.” (CEB)
Another translation says “God is not a respector of persons” Another says “God shows no partiality.”
I think it comes down to it that “God doesn’t play favorites, God loves everyone.”
Yet, too often I [...]

2 Chronicles 20:12b says this “We don’t know what to do, and so we are looking to you for help.” (CEB)
This shows up at a time when Jehoshaphat is about to be attacked and everyone is looking to him to lead. Jehoshaphat calls a fast and goes to God and pleads with God to punish their enemies [...]

Sometimes after doing ministry for awhile it becomes necessary to take a break and take a recharge.  So I am going on vacation. That also means I won’t be blogging for a little while. For the next week or so there won’t be any posts but when I return my batteries will be full and [...]

This Sunday was two awesome church holiday’s rolled into one. It was laity Sunday and Pastor’s Appreciation Sunday.  which means I didn’t preach and there is no podcast this week.
My church decided to show their appreciation for me by taking over the service. They took over the entire shin-dig.
I got to sit with my wife [...]