Today, I may face a hundred interruptions and multiple inconveniences. What I do with these moments may be the most important aspect of my day. What if I let these moments be holy moments? I know what you are saying. An inconvenience could be straight from Satan and something that I could denounce and not... Continue Reading →

I miss sharing Communion.  Up until mid-March, the church that we attend offered Communion each Sunday. The way they did it was select members are stationed at the front of the sanctuary holding baskets of bread and a cup of juice. The congregants would come forward to take a piece of bread and dip it... Continue Reading →

Several years ago, I remember going to the first sessions of the Apprentice Experience.  These sessions were led by people that I truly admired and had learned so much from. Instead of sitting under their teaching and soaking in the wisdom and the potential for insight that God would provide through them I found myself... Continue Reading →

I have a fear for new believers or younger Christians who have experienced the saving work of Christ on their lives and are now looking for models of how to behave as a Christian. These new Christians are sincere and dedicated and they want a behavior to match their bold belief and enthusiasm.  The problem... Continue Reading →

The word glory and glorify is used over and over in scripture but do we know what it means to glorify? I don't think I could have given you a definition until yesterday. In the Reservoir devotional that our staff has been going through we read this definition, "to glorify means to cause the worth... Continue Reading →

There is a character in the Bible that is never named but he is labeled by Bible scholars and readers throughout history. He is known as the Good Samaritan. What strikes me as funny about that the Good Samaritan name is that it has taken on a life of its own. Like the man who... Continue Reading →

As a lifelong Church goer, I am fully aware of the patterns of behavior and ways of thinking that I can sink into that present me as a respectable and good "Christian." I have been conditioned to look good based on the expectation of the church even though it is all very safe and does... Continue Reading →

Three years ago today, my dad died of lung cancer. I want to honor his memory here by sharing what I wrote for the memorial service. The pain of his loss is still present and surfaces at strange times and in strange ways. Reading these words again reminds me that Growing Up doesn't have to... Continue Reading →

On June 27th, I turned 45 years old. After being inspired by this list by Kevin Kelley and this from David Perell, I decided to write my own list of advice, observations, and lessons learned. So here is my list, one for each year of my life. No effort to be a disciple of Jesus... Continue Reading →

I am fond of sentence prayers that are easy to memorize and can be said in a pinch.  When my mind can come up with nothing to pray about, I simply go to one of my sentence prayers. Sometimes I say the Shema and sometimes I say the Jesus Prayer. Lately, I have been using... Continue Reading →