The Divine Crash

Last night my daughter spent seven hours crying.  She woke up at 11:30 and cried until 6am.  We had no idea why.  She ate, had clean pants, and had everything she needed.  There w
as no reason for her to be crying.  I wanted more than anything for her to stop, whether it was colic, teething, [...]

I will be away from blogging for the next 7-10 days.  I am also not preaching so there will be no podcast updates.  On Thursday evening my uncle teddy passed away.  I loved him so much.  As a result I am very busy dealing with those details.  I will post more after things slow down. [...]

One time Jesus says to his disciples that if they wanted to get into heaven they had to come as little children.

I have a daughter, tomorrow she will be 8 weeks old.  She is wholly dependent on her parents for everything.  If she is hungry she cries and must have faith that someone will come.  If she is messy she cries and must have faith that someone will change her.  If she is lonely she cries and [...]

On Saturday my son and I went to a neighboring local church.  I was not in charge, I had no leadership and most people there did not know me.  Only the pastor and the special guest preacher knew who I was.  It was quite refreshing to simply relax and worship.
In the middle of the service [...]

According to To Write Love on Her Arms

121 Million people world wide suffer from depression
18 Million of those cases are in the U.S.
2/3 of those with depression never seek treatment
Untreated depression is the never one cause of suicide, addiction, and self-injury
20 percent of teens will suffer from depression at some point.
8.3 percent of teens suffer [...]

I once met this really annoying guy who would constantly show pictures of his kids to me no matter what else was going on at that time.  For this moment, that is me.  It was a little scary and we almost lost her, but she is here and she is gorgeous and an incredible blessing. [...]

Today was great.  We finished preaching through Matthew backwards, we started before Easter and now we talked about the Genealogies.  On the surface this Genealogy looks boring, it is simply a list of people who are related to Jesus. Or is it more than that? You can listen to it here.