This post may be a bit all over the place as I’m processing some feelings and wanted to do that in a written format. I apologize in advance for that. Caryn and I are leading worship this weekend, something we’ve done over the last 30 years at least 1,000 times. I’m looking at the sermon topic of living

As I write this, I’m sitting in a coffee shop barely holding it together. And in ten days I’ll get to experience this all over again, to some degree. We had the blessing of having our son and daughter with us for the holidays this year. In years past, we’ve made the journey to them, but this year

As we arrive in the Advent season, my thoughts turn to the blessing of having a Savior who Himself came as a missionary, being the first Christian Missionary. The very word, “Advent,” means “the arrival of a notable person or thing.” And Jesus is the most notable person to ever walk the earth! He left the place He

Often times as I travel and share about Christ, I hear very similar questions. Questions like “how do I get into a Gospel conversation?” or “how do I meet people who don’t know Jesus?” I’ve wrestled with it quite a bit, and I’m realizing that most of us never take the time to identify ourselves as spiritual people,

This summer, I had the chance to read through the Book of Acts like 8 or 9 times over the course of 8 weeks. There were some things that stood out to me like never before, probably because of the setting (leading groups of students out into the harvest fields in six different countries). The Book of Acts

Over and over again, I’m overwhelmed, amazed, shocked…all of it when I see how Paul (and his New Testament contemporaries) handled adversity. In Acts 21, Paul is “rescued” from death at the hands of an angry mob by the Roman Tribune. Instead of demanding his rights as a citizen to have those who’d beaten him arrested and punished,