behind the music.
Usually you hear a great song, and it makes you want to learn the background of it. Here’s an opportunity to do exactly the opposite. I want to tell you a little about a song that may be coming your...
View ArticleIf I were a Christian rock star.
There are times when studying for a message that will be praught in the future, a friend of mine will say “Well, that’s only if you think words mean something.” Sometimes in jest, and sometimes...
View Articletrendy witches?
A new article in “Newsweek” recently caught my attention, talking about a growing number of young people (teens through 30’s) who are interested & participate in the occult/witchcraft. I’ll be...
View Articlemy brother, Phil.
There’s been quite a buzz lately on the words spoken by “Duck Dynasty” star, Phil Robertson. In a recent interview by GQ you can read here (warning, offensive content by both Phil AND the writer….I...
View ArticleLiving a future reality…today.
Many of us already know the story of Matthew 15:21-28…check it out really quick if you need a refresher. I’ll wait… Ready? K. The Canaanite womans’ faith. The Gentile woman who approaches Jesus because...
View ArticleValuable Kingdom
As we begin these thoughts, I want you to imagine with me. You’ve been given a large amount of money, and commissioned to find an amazing artistic masterpiece for a large wall in an important public...
View ArticleIntent vs. Content
My 5 year old daughter Ruby is picking up on a lot of things. Recently we were driving home from a friends’ house, when from the back seat we heard her proclaim, “Dad! I know when God’s going to make...
View ArticleLuv is a Verb (part 2)
So what does THAT look like? It seems to look, like Love. Not love like feelings and mushy stuff and roses. But love like laying down a life for ones’ friends. Love like sacrificing our own desires,...
View Articlelanguage of (new) creation…
Anyone who has spent time in a land where a different language is spoken knows just how much it can impact your daily existence – even in small ways that add up. It made me think about something...
View ArticlePolitical Climate
As we walk forward, toward the unknown we begin to roam in new altitudes, and attitudes mixed with platitudes have begun to make it hard to breathe the hot air just a little too thin, sunlight begins...
View Articlesunrise
Sunlight breaks through hotel window. A building crescendo toward a week to come. Youth & beyond, a pond teeming With life, some life anew. So few moments but filled with Something esoteric to this...
View ArticleWhy Does God…
In class this month, we’re studying theories of the atonement. It’s really big worded stuff (actually a great book) about why smart people think Jesus did what he did the way he did. It’s easy to shrug...
View ArticleKingdom Trajectory of the Distanced
PSA: This is an oddly “nerdy” post. A paper I’ve recently written for class. Reading back over it, I thought “wow, I like that.” So I decided to share it with you. This does not endeavor to explore...
View ArticleAdvent.
Advent, an event meaning “arrival”, no rival strong enough to keep this weakness out Setting down clout and power, vulnerable as a flower In a field, a creation to be healed, as his life peeled back...
View ArticleAwake (response to Mark 14:32-42)
It seems like such a simple thing – to stay awake. With no earth to quake and no preparations to make, but simply to be. To be near, those dearest to the heart of Jesus, invited to go along Step away...
View ArticleHe “lives”?
“..songs affect what we think because of repetition – singing the same songs over a period of years embeds the message; and when music is added to the text, an emotional element is introduced that...
View ArticleA Million Dreams…(no spoilers)
As we continue in celebrating the Easter season – it’s great for us to be on the look-out for echoes of New Creation, creativity, and resurrection life. Recently I found God winking at us through the...
View ArticleThe Baker of an Ordinary Cake (a parable)
There once was an amazing baker, who had one of the most incredible minds and tongues for creating something not only visually spectacular, but that also wowed the senses all at once upon eating. She...
View ArticleWe Are Seeking…
In 1965, the Jamaican Methodist church was seeking a year of renewal. Sir Hugh Braham Sherlock, a Methodist leader also known at the time for writing the Jamaican national anthem “Jamaica, Land We...
View ArticleBeyond fig leaves…
In ministry to youth since my college years, there have been many psychologists, sociologists, neurologists, and even parents who have attested to the teenagers’ quest for “self” discovery. Throughout...
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