Allow me to pose a simple question: how will people in our city know that the gospel is true? When I say “true” I mean...
Notes on Humility
A very brief summary of Andrew Murray's book "Humility." Ways to recover humility, our intended nature: Remember your creatureliness Remember the example of Jesus’ life...
Vision Comes Out of Vision: Connecting with Reality as We Dream for the Future
I was walking to my office Saturday evening to finish my preparations for “Vision Day” and feeling a little anxious. I usually spend some time...
Get to Know Someone: Lessons from Africa
As we pulled up the final steep section of the dirt road to the pastors’ conference, Bishop Esron met us in front and delivered some...
Just Call Them “Visits”
Ending the Fight Over Short-Term Missions Throughout my years in ministry, I’ve had many conversations about the advisability of “short-term missions trips.” They cost a...
Worship Is Not Just Music
Po-tay-toe. Po-tah-toh. Worship. Music. I often hear the terms “worship” and “music” used interchangeably. It’s easy to make that mistake. We often think of the...
Tips for Christian Singles
I gave my first sermon addressing the topic of “singleness” while serving in Hershey, PA, when I was newly married and new to full-time ministry. ...
Why Does the Church Exist?
Why are we here? Ok, maybe that’s too existential for this humble blog post. Let’s refine the question: why does the church exist? This question...
Making Community Work: Part 3, Calling the Audible
For those less familiar with this football analogy, an “audible” is when the play caller decides at the last second that the play everyone was...
Good Friday Devotional 2013
Please join me as we remember -- in fasting (if you are able), prayer and meditation -- the final day of Jesus’ initial earthly life,...
