Monumental

There are moments in your life that are monumental. You will always remember them. I can remember when I married my beautiful wife Jennifer. I remember sitting at our rehearsal dinner and looking around the room and I distinctly thought to myself, these people will never be in the same room together again. I had […]

Eyes Open

I was heading to church on Easter Sunday morning. It was a pretty typical car ride for a Sunday. I was praying that God would prevent me from screwing up His message that morning and that He would open the eyes to the hearts of the students I was speaking to. The passage for that morning […]

Why People Hate You

Let’s be honest. People hate you. Don’t get me wrong, people hate me too. Its not you its…well sometimes it is you. Let me explain. There are times when people legitimately hate you. There are times when you come off as being judgmental. You may or may not see it. It may not be intentional […]

I SHOULD…

“I should …” This is where all New Year’s resolutions start. There is an absence of something in your life. Somehow you know that you should be doing something that you aren’t doing. You have in your mind the person that you want to be and you haven’t arrived yet. So you start “shoulding” on yourself […]

Are You A Dummy?

My daughter goes through obsessions. When she was three, it was Steve from Blues Clues. I went for an entire year calling her “Steve” instead of Savannah. “Savannah clean your room.” “My name is Steve!!!” “STEVE! CLEAN YOUR ROOM!!!” It was a little exhausting at times. Then she went through a Shaggy phase (from Scooby […]

Bruised Perseverance

Beaten and bruised. Tired and unwilling to move. Attempting to pick myself up for the millionth time in months, I slowly dust off my clothes and stand up. Not confidently or boldly but BARELY. Adversity and perseverance feels like this doesn’t it? There are days when staying in bed simply feels like the best option. […]

Yes, I’m Crazy

I talk to myself. There, I put it out there. Not sure I feel better but at least I have admitted it and that’s the first step to recovery right? Honestly, I have a lot of internal dialogues with myself. There have been plenty of times where my daughter Savannah has walked in on me […]

The Sin of Blame

So apparently the government is shut down. One of my friends felt the pinch when he went to Yellowstone National Park and had to turn around at the entrance. Bummer. Another one of my friends was going on vacation to a national park and she had to figure out a plan “B” to her long […]

Mouthing the Words

About this time of year, most youth pastors are either getting ready to go to camp, are at camp or have just wrapped up camp for their students. I would be in the latter category. All youth pastors feel the same tension about camp. We know it is a great experience for our students for […]

First Love

There aren’t many times that I get it right on our anniversary. This year, I don’t mind sayin’, I was pretty proud of myself! We went to a really nice restaurant in San Antonio known as “The Chart House” which is located in the Tower of the Americas. For some of you that might be […]