I went to a small Baptist college in a small town in central Texas. Down the street from my college was a Presbyterian church. I had recently been reading a lot of Frederick Buechner and Thomas Merton and was fascinated by their spiritual journeys. Both of them came to conversion in their early to mid-twenties... Continue Reading →
The Problem With Celebrity Pastors
The problem with celebrity pastors is that whether they chased celebrity to begin with or it found them, maintaining celebrity requires feeding a public that no matter what they say, probably aren't supremely interested in the integrity of the Gospel. If you are a celebrity pastor and your next steps are pushing away from Christ,... Continue Reading →
How To Pray When Someone Else Is Praying
You are in a group or at a public event and someone besides yourself is praying. What do you do? Do you just sit there and hope it doesn't go too long? Do you nod your head and make sounds of agreement? Do you try to hang onto every word and pretend that the words... Continue Reading →
How to Read the Bible
Read it everyday. I don't want you to find a reading plan, I just want you to read it everyday. This could mean you read the same chapter five days in a row. This could mean that you meditate, memorize, and mark up one verse for a week. The point is to interact and to... Continue Reading →