Catch-Up

Two-a-days. That’s the secret. Its how the JV football team gets broken in. Two practices a day. And its how distracted disciples catch up on what God has been trying to do in their lives.  Hopefully, this points out that it is forgiveable that you don’t...

YES Group Reflection

It doesn’t get much more fun than the conversation we had last night. I saw people growing. I heard people stretching into new roles, and new roles stretching to fit old roles. God is starting to speak more clearly, or maybe we’re starting to listen more...

Reading with Purpose

Reading the Bible can be daunting. As a good friend of mine once said, “I’m not sure what it is that I’m supposed to be accomplishing here.” Here are some suggested goals and ideas: Look for a character in the story who reminds you of yourself....

The Three Most Important Things: Focus, Focus, Focus

Scripture: Job 28-29; Gal. 1-2 Galatians 1:1-5 I, Paul, and my companions in faith here, send greetings to the Galatian churches. My authority for writing to you does not come from any popular vote of the people, nor does it come through the appointment of some human...

Journaling 101

As if reading the Bible weren’t hard enough… S.O.A.P. puts an additional task to the disciple: Journaling. How does one write in a SOAP journal without writing too much, or saying too little? This isn’t a diary. But its not a simple test of reading...

Playing Into Cho’s Hands

Most of the free world is familiar by now with the fact that NBC news has received and aired the media package sent by Cho Seung-Hui, the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre earlier this week. The question in my mind is, “Why did they feel the need to air...