I have a confession. I’m not a big fan of Christmas music. Sure, I can appreciate it. I listen to it in the stores or at other people’s houses. But I can’t say I’ll go buy Christmas music and listen to it in my house. It’s just not my thing.
Continue reading...On Perspective
Perspective is an ever-changing reality. It frames our picture, adjusts our lenses and it creates our filters. We use it to define everything from relationships to space and time.
Continue reading...Conditional Grace
I am POTSC. It feels good to say that. Sometimes I even get a little twinge of pride when I wear my wristband. I am a radical grace giver!
People of the Second Chance is a fantastic organization led by Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite. Their goal is to give a voice to a scandalous awakening of radical grace in life and leadership. Their 3 core principles are to 1) Give a second chance 2) Receive a second chance 3) Be a second chance.
Continue reading...How Long Must I Wait? (vlog)
What Do You See?
I see a barren bag of bones, brushed off and abandoned. I see cracks and crevices and contaminated corrosion. I see a muted, maligned and meaningless mandible I see a breathless, fleshless, useless frame. I see dry bones. He sees four winds wafting across the wasteland. He sees torn tendons intertwined and stitched together. He [...]
Continue reading...Will It Blend?

The company Blendtec made a huge name for themselves online by launching the viral site called “Will It Blend”. On the site they take various objects not normally put in a blender (conspicuously labeled “Don’t Try This At Home”) and put it to the test.
Continue reading...Gates of Thanksgiving
I’m thankful for lies, because truthful lips endure forever. I’m thankful for offenses, because your justice is as the noonday. I’m thankful for waiting, because desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Continue reading...Empty Vessels
When I was a kid and I finished my drink, I would hold the cup over my head and wait for the last drops to spill out. As the remaining drops fell, I held it there above my head waiting expectantly.
Continue reading...Follow Friday 11/19/10
It’s been a few weeks since I did a Follow Friday on my blog. Rather than flood your Twitter stream with tons of usernames and a #followfriday hash tag, I’ve carefully selected a handful of people that I highly recommend.
Continue reading...Calling Out Greatness In Others
I was a leader at my previous church. Things were great. Everything in my life seemed perfect. Then it happened. I had one of those life-altering events that shook me to the very core of my faith.
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