Holiness Reeducation

The state of Virginia is banning smiling at the DMV. (Insert Punch Line Here) As if anyone ever smiled about heading to the DMV anyways! It is true, to help a facial recognition software program the state is eliminating smiling for your drivers license picture. When I got my license in Indiana they told me [...]

On Sunday I have the privilege of preaching at the Chesterton High School baccalaureate. It is a great opportunity, especially since I am the new guy in town and a rather unknown around here. The question is, however, “What do graduating seniors need to hear?” I can’t remember if I heard anything inspirational as I [...]

Just a bunch of quick thoughts and links to get you going on this holiday shortened work week. Hope you enjoyed your day off? I have spent the past three weeks negotiating for a new location for our church to meet. I am very excited to say that this week we will sign a 4 [...]

For those of you who do not follow the NBA, this post is not for you. For those of you who want to celebrate Kobe’s big night, this post is not for you. For those of you who like car wrecks (like when your best player gets pulled over with marijuana in his car and [...]

“Nothing can snatch me out of the Devil’s hands”

Confessions of a Conspiring Clergy I am starting off this Monday with a confession. At the darkest depths of my life there has been a secret I have hidden from everyone, even myself, but now it must come to light. I am part of a secret society of poets, former professional wrestlers, estranged scientists who [...]

A.J. Jacobs book The Year of Living Biblically is a fascinating journey of one man’s attempt to live a year of his life literally following all of the commands of scripture. Jacobs, a writer for Esquire magazine is not a religious man. He is a secular agnostic Jew living in New York. His favorite quote [...]

For those of you who aren’t Nazarenes (i.e. when someone says Entire Sanctification you stare at them blankly), who haven’t lived your life as part of the peculiar brand of Evangelical Christianity of which I find myself a part (i.e. you don’t have a closet full of Caravan badges, Bible Quizzing trophies, or back issues [...]

This video has gone viral and is getting passed around quite a bit. It is really interesting. Watch the video and then click on the link for more information and you will find some questions and thoughts I have.

Scot McKnight has written one of the best articles on our struggles with worship I have ever read. It is over at Out of Ur blog at Christianity Today. This is a very challenging article and made me reevaluate how I describe and think about worship. If you read it come back and tell me [...]