Often when I talk with people about God I hear a consistent request, "I wish God would just show himself, like he did in the Bible." I think we all resonate with this. All of us think that it would be easier to believe if Jesus was just chilling in… [more]
A humble attempt at examining my life on mission.
Our church plant, The Antioch Movement, has recently taken some big steps. We've begun the process of multiplying and the vision that we have been pursuing is being achieved. We are starting to launch multiple Missional Communities and sending people as missionaries to different parts of town. I'm reminded through… [more]
On Sundays our Missional Communities are looking at the whole story of the Bible. This past Sunday we talked about Moses. This coming Sunday we are looking at the story of the people wandering in the desert. As I started preparing and working through a number of the passages in… [more]
Yesterday a group of kids and adults gathered in my home in preparation for baptism and communion. I am really digging this process because it is reminding me again of what is most central to our faith and experience of following Jesus. This week we were talking about, "what do… [more]
Over the last few decades the American church has largely lost its way. Within its congregations serve some of the world’s best theologians and best communicators. Yet, it has lost its way. The American church has money, power, and influence like the people of God have not experienced in… [more]
Have you ever had a moment when you come face to face with reality? You know what I’m talking about, that point in space and time when it dawns on you that you simply cannot escape the truth of a particular situation? The facts become undeniable. Monday, I had… [more]
I really dig baseball. It’s my favorite sport to watch. The history is amazing and I love the strategy of the game. Something that’s really cool is when you watch a big leaguer in slow mo during an at bat and they hit the ball right on the… [more]
We find peace with God through faith. As we find this peace and experience it, we also discover something else, we discover who we really are. I need to get something off my chest, I love coming of age stories. Maybe it’s because The Wonder Years was my favorite… [more]
Often people I talk to ask about why so many young people are walking away from “the Church”. There’s all kinds of studies, simply Google it, that you can read with all kinds of numbers. For the Christian parent, that’s really scary. When I answer that question, people… [more]
Peace is something that is really hard to come by. Many of us lay awake in bed racked with worry. We feel the anxiety rise in us and the frustrations of the day or week or month overflow in our heart and mind. Our lives are anything but peaceful. (more&… [more]