Holiness Reeducation

Unquestionably the most interesting book I have read in a really long time is the book McMafia by Misha Glenny. McMafia is a journey through the global reality of organized crime. With in depth research and gripping stories, Glenny paints a picture of crime around the world that absolutely shook my foundational understandings of global [...]

It’s Monday and Mondays are for rambling. My daughter started new swim lessons today. My wife and I have nicknamed them Swim or Die. These are the tough love swim lessons and I am a big fan. Mr. Ed the instructor is renowned for his technique which essentially means letting the kid go and making [...]

Question: What is one character from cinema, TV, or literature whose story has impacted your spiritual journey and how has it impacted you? Response: The answer is obvious; Any Keanu Reeves character. I see a way of living that cuts against the pattern of this world and is transformed by the renewing of the mind [...]

Alright, Shay and David (and possibly Gretchen) are unsure of what their first posts should be so I am starting them off with a writing prompt. Here is the question? What is one character from cinema, TV, or literature whose story has impacted your spiritual journey and how has it impacted you? I will begin. [...]

I am excited that several of my friends have expressed interest in posting some pieces to the blog when the spirit hits them. So in the next couple of weeks check back for new posts from other crazies. My wife keeps promising to be one of these contributors (as has been demanded by her fans) [...]

It has been a long and hard weekend and I am full of randomness because of it, so here we go. I updated my podcast today with a sermon on John 14. It is a part of a 3 week series where we preached the same text each week. It was a cool series. Check [...]

Sign #4 – Sheep Stealers If you were to look at your congregation, how many people there used to be part of another church in your area and came to yours because they were dissatisfied with that other church? Looking especially at mega and giga churches, how high a percentage of those people ended up [...]

Yesterday, in my Pentecost sermon, I focused on our struggles with being Pentecost people. Pentecost people are obviously Spirit filled people. This indwelling of the Spirit empowers, transforms, and sends us out to proclaim Christ to the world. We struggle with being Pentecost people because to do so, we have to be a little uncivilized. [...]

Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in today as the third Russian President. What does this mean for Russia? Medvedev is really the first Russian leader who has come of age outside of the Soviet system. He was only a graduate student when the Berlin Wall came down. As he was sworn in today the two things [...]

I have decided that I am going to do my rambling on Mondays from now on. Seems like a good way to start the week. Reports out of the United Methodist General Conference are that the Methodists aren’t sure what to do with their diversity. There has been a conversation on the Emergent Nazarenes blog [...]