The Exorcist and Voices in my head

One of the most terrifying movies of my childhood was the “Exorcist”. Just to clarify, I saw it on television and my parents were not on board with me seeing movies like this. My cousin was watching it and I happened to walk into the room. You know, how many stories of debauchery start. When […]

Flying Dragon Kick

KAIDO – My son Kaiden is currently five years old, about to be six. He is incredible. He is a ball of energy. His favorite thing to do is to wrestle daddy. It starts as soon as my eyes open in the morning. Kaiden has on occasion climbed up into our bed and done a […]

Broken Allegiance

The following post is an excerpt from a book I am writing on loving others relentlessly in a world that tears them apart. Last time I posted we were talking about the dysfunctions that we see in the Church worldwide. This is not specific to any local church environment that I have been in but […]

Identity drift

I am not a church historian. Some of you just sighed a sigh of relief. Sure I’ve read a few books on church history and we talked about it in seminary but it isn’t really my cup of tea. I’m more of a coffee person while we’re on the topic. Trust me when I say […]

Who’s Clues?

My daughter Savannah is amazing. Can I say that without it sounding self-aggrandizing? No? I’m cool with that. I love my little girl who is not so little any more. As I write this, we are staring down the barrel of sixth grade. Since I was a youth pastor for almost a decade, this worries […]

The Secret To Living A Defiant Joy: An interview with Margaret Feinberg

For any of you who have had a loved one struggle through cancer or maybe you yourself have been through it, one of the authors that I really enjoy reading, Margaret Feinberg, has been through a brutal fight with cancer and shares the unexpected lessons she discovered along the way in her new book and Bible study […]

1st Church of the Broken: Excerpt from the Intro

We often treat our churches like we would the place where we get our haircut or the restaurant that the service wasn’t that great. If we don’t like it, we leave, never look back and look for the next service, the next small group and the next worship experience. Let me be perfectly clear, you […]

New Year. New Goals.

Here we go people. 2015 is here. Its time for New Year’s resolutions. I know, I know. You don’t do resolutions. We gotta have goals though right? As the old saying goes “Aim at nothing and you’ll hit it every time.” What goals are you setting for yourself in 2015? One goal that I have […]

The Wedge in My Marriage

In my previous post, we talked about the struggle of taking care of your marriage when you have young kiddos. It’s tough when you have rug rats and you want to have a great marriage. Our view of what a great marriage looks like and our current reality don’t match up. If you aren’t careful, […]

A Word for Young Families: ImPERFECT

There’s a word for young families that are raising young kids and trying to take care of their marriage. You may think that that word is XANAX…or SURVIVAL but the word I’d like to offer young families is better than that and I hope a little freeing. The word is…”IMPERFECT”. Here’s what I mean by […]