6 Valuable Lessons I Learned in 2016
I was recently listening to an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show in which Tim explained that rather than setting resolutions as the new year approaches, he takes an inventory of the things that he experienced in the past year and the lessons that he learned from them....
Sermon: Empowered to Walk in the Spirit
Open your bibles to Galatians 5. Summer is drawing to a close. How many fall people do we have in here? Who is a summer person. I’ll be honest; I’m going to miss summer. Warm weather, cookouts, swimming pools, driving with the windows down. As you can tell by my...
How to Find The Best Podcasts
As I shared on ChurchMag, podcast listeners represent a huge audience. Since I wrote that post last year, the number of Americans who listen to podcasts at least monthly has increased from 15% to 21%. Weekly podcast listeners consume an average of five shows per...
My Favorite Podcasts for Personal Growth
These are podcasts that I personally listen to and recommend. I'll update this list as I discover new podcasts. Leadership Podcasts The Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast Andy's leadership podcast is published once per month, and episodes tend to be short, but...
Introducing the #RANDOM Channel
Most of my life revolves around a few things: my faith, my family, my work, and my ministry. But, like any other person, there are parts of my life that don't fit into those buckets. I'm an intensely creative and curious person by nature, and I have often completely...
Easy At-Home Cold Brew Coffee
I love coffee. My favorite work environment is a locally-owned coffee shop. I've even been known to take a web project or two for which I accepted coffee as payment. My favorite drink? Cold brew coffee. Because it isn't brewed with hot water, cold brew coffee is...
Exceptions to Submission: Civil Disobedience
While I don’t feel the need to add my voice to the sea of opinions regarding how Christians should vote on November 8, I wanted to take a moment to address how I believe Christians should live on November 9. This is the third in a short series of posts that I will be...
What does being subject to authority look like?
While I don’t feel the need to add my voice to the sea of opinions regarding how Christians should vote on November 8, I wanted to take a moment to address how I believe Christians should live on November 9. This is the second in a short series of posts that I will...
How should Christians live on November 9?
While I don’t feel the need to add my voice to the sea of opinions regarding how Christians should vote on November 8, I wanted to take a moment to address how I believe Christians should live on November 9. This is the first in a short series of posts that I will be...
Civil Governments and Authorities
You’re going to fail today
You're going to fail today. I know that's not what I'm supposed to say in a blog. I'm supposed to tell you that you're going to achieve your dreams, conquer your enemies, and live the good life. But you're going to fail today, and the thing is, you can't predict what...
Why Living in the White Space is So Hard
Pastor J.D. Greear often talks about the “white space” in the stories of biblical superstars. A “white space” is a literal gap in the words of Scripture — a paragraph break, a gap between chapters — where a period of time passes between a promise that God has made or...
