One day last winter I bundled up to remove the snow from our driveway. I couldn’t find my gloves, so I went looking for them in several containers of hats, scarves and gloves in a small closet. I was in a hurry and left the closet door open, and a mess on the floor. Later that […]
Last week at church, one of our members handed me a packet. Inside was a lyric sheet and a recording of a song she wrote. She asked if I would listen to it and give her some feedback on the song. I could see she was nervous and had given a lot of thought to […]
What does it means to be successful? That’s a question addressed by countless books, conference, courses, and blogs. Despite all the resources and expert’s advice on success, you ultimately have to decide for yourself what it means to be successful. Success is first and foremost an inside job (but it doesn’t stay there). In this post […]
This past Sunday morning I spoke at a church and did something I have never done before: I tossed out the message I had prepared just a few minutes before I was to speak. It was an incredibly freeing experience. In my years of teaching and ministry, I have spoken in front of audiences countless […]
You may have heard of the new film God’s Not Dead. The plot revolves around a Christian student at a secular university who must prove the existence of God or risk being failed by his atheist philosophy professor. I haven’t seen the film, but our church youth group saw it last weekend and it seemed […]
