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Learning, growing, and maybe ranting.
The Greenroom Effect
America is obsessed. We've become so enamored with celebrities that an entire industry has been built around providing cosmetics, weight-loss products, and clothing lines to help the common person "look like a star". We pay film actors the GNP of a small country,...
He Drove a Corvette
"He Drove a Corvette". I don't recall ever seeing those words on someone's headstone. I've also never seen "He Wore Abercrombe", "She Always Looked Nice", or "HALO Champion". While I'm at it, I've never seen "Rotary Club Member", "Rock Star", or "Pastor's Favorite"...
Rushing Through the Caverns
Last week I had the opportunity to take a walk though Carlsbad Caverns with my family. This underground group of caves is truly amazing. You have to take an elevator 750 feet below the earth's surface. The walking path takes you through 8.2 acres of caverns and...
Is it Just Me? (a quick revisit)
Yesterday, I wrote about my feelings on the apparent direction the American church is taking. You can check that out here. I got to thinking and realized another positive to a shift in Evangelicalism as we know it: faith. When the resources aren't there, we have to...
Tender Moments I
Tonight my family and I went to a little Mexican restaurant with the in-laws. It's my favorite place to eat when we're in New Mexico. After dessert, I sat there looking at my ten-year-old son fondly. Filled with love for him, I asked him to come close and I told...
Is it Just Me?
Something tells me it's not just me. I've been thinking a lot about the state of the American church lately. I've heard more than once from different sources that America is the only country in the world where the church is shrinking instead of growing. In fact,...
Not Ready?
Working with a prayer center, the topic of prayer and worship comes up often in a variety of settings and circumstances. I am a massive believer in the power of young people seeking God and singing His praises. It's my job to help increase the level of prayer across...
The Golden Arches
Here's something I wrote a while back. I'm not sure why, but it was really resonating with me today... So today I decided to hang out with my three year old for a little while. We'd been putting our change in a baby bottle to raise money for Crisis Pregnancy Centers...
Why Ireland?
Sometimes people ask me why I have such a burden for the country of Ireland. I don't have any Irish blood in me, that I know of. No relatives who came to America during the potato blight. The truth is, I owe much of my spiritual heritage to the Irish. It was the...