Have you ever thought about why most gym memberships are begun in the month of January? Is it because we feel like we've been so self indulgent during the holidays that it's time to buckle down and renew some sense of self-discipline? After all, if we lived the way we tend to live...
This year Wesley told me, “You might get a gift this Christmas that you think, ‘why did I get this?’ but in a month or two you’re going to be really glad you have it.” How many hours do I spend each year trying to come up with the perfect gifts for people? Is it...
Beyond teaching us how crayons are made and lessons from the Neighborhood of Make Believe, Mr. Rogers also lived the life of a "good neighbor."
As a church, we are part of a larger group of denominations often referred to as “evangelical.” The designation implies that a significant part of our understanding of the church’s mission is to evangelize, or share the good news with people around us. When the church has taken...
You know the old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice! Maybe that’s how you get to be like Jesus, too! On the last leg of Sabbatical in August, I attended an event in San Diego called the Covenant Retreat. Located at beautiful Point Loma Nazarene...
I did what some may call crazy…with my two sons, Joshua and Stephen, we jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. It was the day before Stephen’s wedding and it was an awesome experience. Lots of good God moments when you are standing in an open door looking at the patchwork of the...
*Me: God can I ask u a question? *God: Sure *Me: Promise u won't get mad *God: I promise *Me: Why did u let so much stuff happen to me today? *God: What do u mean? *Me: Well, I woke up late, *God: Yes *Me: My car took forever to start, *God: Okay~ *Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong...
I often tell people that the study of the Bible really is one of those practices where the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know. But a follow-up point that should also be mentioned, as I’ve also found to be the case, is that the more I learn about it, the more confident...
Easter is such an amazing time of year. So many times we have many Christmas traditions—but what about Easter traditions? One of my favorite traditions in our Weekday Ministries program is our Flowering of the Cross Chapel. We have an old wooden cross that stands before us; and our...
This coming weekend will wrap up the Spiritual Essentials study for many of our small groups. I know it has been a great springboard into all kinds of discussions both in the rooms and in the halls of our church. I alone have heard stories about how it has helped people to communicate their...