Holiness Reeducation

(Editor’s note as soon as this blog was published my wife commented that she is not mentioned at all, yet my children were. Here is another fine question as a pastor, does my wife want me to talk about her in public via sermons, blogs, podcasts, etc.. or would she rather be kept out of […]

Sorry it has been a while since the last podcast. I uploaded a new sermon today  (editors note, I uploaded the second sermon of the series as well since the original post) with some commentary. It is the first sermon in a series called Why I am a Christian, it was the first sermon I […]

Well this just in, Sen. John McCain is Baptist. Evidently he has always been an Episcopal before in his life, but now he wants people to know he is a Baptist. Turns out the senator and his family attend a Baptist church in Arizona. His wife and kids have been “re-baptized” there, but McCain hasn’t. […]

This week has been spent in Genesis 1. Sunday night I am preaching through this incredibly rich and important passage, so I have spent the week reflecting and meditating on it. Part of me has been saddened by the experience because it is almost impossible to escape debates about Six Day Creationism and evolution while […]

One of the most difficult aspects of being a pastor is knowing your boundaries. Your ministry, your life, and your disciplines are all marked with boundaries. As I have grown more and more into my roll as a pastor it is understanding and appreciating those boundaries that has fostered my maturation and my effectiveness. But, […]

Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” This famous remark came right after the end of WW2 when Churchill wasn’t reelected. He sounded a little bitter, but that was Churchill. There is a strange element of truth […]

Well no one seemed to have suggestions for my podcast, but Dave Terpstra and I gave it our best thought. It is up now. Enjoy…

This afternoon I am having a phone interview for my podcast with Dave Terpstra, the teaching pastor at The Next Level Church in Colorado. Dave and I have been friends since college and we also went to seminary together. He is a really gifted preacher and a great sounding board for my life. Dave and […]

This brief poem was inspired by not only events in my own life but all my friends going through big changes. So Shannon, Loren and Maggie, drive on…… Been traveling down this same road for quite some time Map shows a change coming up, don’t know if I am ready It’s hard to leave a […]