Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with a group of leaders on Zoom and I was asked to share a Scripture passage to open our time. Over the last couple of weeks I've written a few posts that are connected under the theme of navigating sorrow during the most wonderful time of the year. Maybe that's what drew me…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ McThoughts ⊕ Tear Stained Joy ⊕ Surprised by Healing ⊕ A Psalm…...
Read MoreI came down with a nasty head cold a couple weeks ago while speaking at a conference in Detroit. If you have never given a talk in front of hundreds of people while you’re on cold meds, you really don’t know what you’re missing. While it might sound fun, I can promise you it's snot. I woke up in the…...
Read MoreDear Reader, It's taken me a long time to learn that joy and sorrow aren't mutually exclusive. The truth is, we never know either fully. I'm sure we couldn't handle it if we did, either way. We can't, in this world, know one without the other. Life is a mixture of both, and to hope to fully enjoy the one…...
Read MoreI work at McDonalds a lot. Well, to be clear, they don't pay me. I mostly get coffee and use their WIFI. I have to say that, because I'd feel a little gross if I thought people envisioned me eating a steady diet of fries and Big Macs. But sometimes I wonder if it's all a dream. You know how…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ Rethinking the Kind of Person God Uses & the…...
Read MoreOne of the current joys of my life is serving alongside a dear friend, Rob Rosenbalm, in the teaching ministry of Fairfield West Baptist Church in Fairfield, Ohio. I help with the planning for the sermon series and speak there about once a month. It really is a highlight for me each month. Rob is one of the most community-minded…...
Read MoreDo you ever wonder how your life might have been different? I sometimes do. For example, I sometimes wonder what life might have been like if I had pursued the creative interests of my youth. It was the summer of 1994. I was seventeen. I had been a Christian for less than two years. My public school art teacher called…...
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