My prayer is that we are raising disciples who happen to be athletes, not athletes who happen to be disciples. May our kids seek and find Jesus wherever they are, on a playing field or in the local church.
All in Discipleship
A Family Crossroads: When Faith and Sports Collide (Part 2)
Having coached for a short period of time, I want to shed light on two myths when it comes to our kids’ extracurricular schedules and their spiritual formation.
Interior Work
For imperfect people Habakkuk’s message is practical and finds its crucible in life’s sweetest relationship.
A Call to Genuine Love
How many of the words in Romans 12 are guiding my own life? And how many am I setting aside because of discomfort or stubbornness?
The Ten Plagues and the Jesus Way
There’s something in each plague that applies to how we live as a follower of Jesus. Very practical. And helpful.
I Have Been Here Before
Grief is hard. But running from it is harder because when you run from the pain, you run from the healing, too.
Leading with the Aroma of Christ: Reflections on the Leadership of Those Who are Still Becoming Like Jesus
I encourage you to think about the ways you’ve responded in leadership and be open to the ways God wants to lead you in His anointing.
Nada Te Turbe: The Soul’s Dark Night
One of the most disorienting realities of life is the way God brings good out of circumstances that appear anything but. Gets me nearly every time.
Acedia and Not Me (Please!)
One of the most disorienting realities of life is the way God brings good out of circumstances that appear anything but. Gets me nearly every time.
Learning to Live with the Once-Unseen
The closer we come to Christ, the more honestly we see ourselves. But we also discover that God’s grace always exceeds what has been revealed.
Striking Rocks: Losing Sight of God (Repost)
We need to steer away from the temptation to make what we do about ourselves and to try to make God look better. We simply need to be faithful to our call to serve God.
Companions on the Journey: 7 Important Women from Church History
We need help and support, and that support can come from our brothers and sisters who are no longer living, by means of their writings and their example.
Pomp and Circumstance on the Way to the Cross
Remember Christ’s robe this graduation season. Help the grad in your life to remember them, too.
Discipleship in an Anxious World (Mark 4:35-41)
Peace is not pretending everything is fine. Peace is knowing who is in the boat and learning how to sit down while the waves are still loud.
Cheap Grace, Acts 7
If, as a church today, we are living out a comfortable and easy Christianity—if the practice of our faith presents us with no challenge or sacrifice, no discomfort or opposition—perhaps it is because the grace we are living by is a cheap grace.
Reframing Agape Love
What if Paul is wanting us to understand not how to love better, but instead what God’s love for us is like? What if this love from God is what Paul actually meant when he said at the end of the 1 Corinthians 12, “And yet I will show you the most excellent way?”
The Question I Was Asking Wrong
I did what most people do when they first encounter the Enneagram: I started asking everyone around me things like “Do you do this?” People would look at me a little sideways, and I could not figure out why my question was not landing.
Learning a New Language
I came to deeply admire and respect the faith of my brothers and sisters in Christ in Argentina. We didn’t always agree on theological points of view or ministerial practice but I loved and admired their profound faith and faithfulness to the way of Jesus.
Christianity on the Move, Acts 8
Individually, we are only a grain of salt, and a grain of salt by itself is not very useful. It doesn't season anything. It doesn't preserve anything. Salt must be used in handfuls to fulfill its function. The church is the salt of the earth as a community, and therefore, it must preach the gospel as a community.
Is the Church a Gold Mine or a Bottomless Pit?
Church is meant to be more than a bearer of ideology. We are to be a pilgrim people, journeying together on the difficult yet rewarding path of becoming more and more godly each day, while inviting others to join us on that journey.