countering culture with the TRUTH of GOD's word
I've always struggled a bit with my temper. OK...scratch that...I have always struggled with getting angry ENTIRELY too quickly. Just ask my wife...my kids...people who have served along side me in ministry...people in traffic...Let me just be real for a moment...more often than not, my fuse was (and sometimes still is) shorter than the line to the men's restroom at a Backstreet Boys concert.
Being called a Spiritual Son or hearing someone call themselves my Spiritual Father (or mother) was something I wasn't used to growing up in the Southern Baptist Church. Which is odd, because there is certainly this type of relationship displayed throughout the Bible.
Being the leader in a church is hard work. Church folks can be some of the most frustrating and difficult folks to work with. But, despite their flaws (and our own) and the amount of stress and frustration we may face as church leaders, beating the sheep should never be an option. God doesn’t take [...]
THROWING UP THE WALLS Since I've begun my foray into examining and critiquing modern Church practices and settings in hopes to find what the Church really should look like, I have found that from the moment I began I have been met with a whole bunch of seemingly unnecessary defensiveness from other believers. The walls [...]
THE MOVEMENT Around 1997, a man by the name of Jay Shafer began a now growing and increasingly popular movement known as The Tiny House Movement. The purpose or vision of most who are moving toward the Tiny House movement is really quite simple: simplifying life. Don't be fooled by these tiny houses though! These [...]