This started as the kind of Thanksgiving post I thought I was supposed to write. I guess I let myself get sucked in occasionally by some self-imposed set of expectations. For some reason I had this idea that a Thanksgiving message “should” have a particular religious message. I don’t know where crazy stuff like that comes […]

Our small group has been working through the book of Mark. It’s curious, because Mark relates incidents without a lot of explanation or background. If you don’t look carefully it can seem like a collection of isolated events. In Mark 10, Jesus wanders around Judea with His disciples. He does a few miracles, heals some […]

I posted this video over at RICH’S RIDE yesterday. I want to share it here because it’s really about a lot more than a bike ride and I’d like to hear your thoughts. I also included the “subscribe” button below for the RICH’S RIDE blog. I want to encourage you to consider clicking. I know […]

Saw one of those election post-mortem articles attributing the result to the perceived “irrelevance” of the American church. Actually, I only read the headline and maybe the first paragraph. Then I got lost in self-reflection. If Jesus is perceived as mostly irrelevant in our communities—and I suspect He is—don’t we have much bigger concerns than […]

The sky isn’t falling. Contrary to post-election paralysis-by-analysis, “the next four years” will not be the most crucial, difficult, trying period in US history. It will not be the longest four years we’ve experienced. In fact, the next four years will most likely be just about four years long. Certainly we face challenges, but when […]