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(One year at summer camp I “stole” a sermon from one of my favorite youth pastors and great discipler, Jamie Austin. It was a classic David and Goliath spill with a little bit of a different spin on it. Here’s how it went.) David picks up five smooth stones and launches one of them at…

Remember when you were a kid and everyone just told you what to do? Life was simple but with less freedom. Mythbusters would hate this.

I will do anything short of sinning to reach people for Christ. So next week I’m going to shave my legs. Let me explain. Each Wednesday I have the awesome privilege to hang out with 60 amazing teens and tweens. The night requires spending 3 hours on a van route, but it is completely worth…

This morning Kai was hungry, which seems to be a habit of hers in the mornings.  My wife opened the cabinets to find some nutritious breakfast when my sweet, little 2 year old spotted the Pop-tarts. “I want a Pop-tart,” no surprise there. “Do you want a Pop-tart or a million dollars?” I came back. She gave me this classic what-are-you-dumb? look. “I…

I am great at getting lost.  But don’t tell my wife.  I tell her I have never been lost. “Ok, where are we right now?”   That was the question she asked one time when we weren’t lost. “Oklahoma.” One point for me. “If you don’t find a place to pull over there is going to…

I sat down to blog this morning. Then my daughter Kai asked if I could be a horsey. Some things are just more important.

A while back we painted the sanctuary of our church and a man actually came to me thanked me for choosing a masculine color. I wasn’t sure how to respond. He went on to say, “Churches these days seem to be more focused on women and children. Most churches these days are boring for men.”…

A few years ago my back started hurting. It would be killing me when I woke up in the morning. I mentioned it to my buddy Heath “Corn-Wallace” Corallis, who’s not only an all round good guy, but also a peer in the ministry. “It hurts the most when you wake up?” he asked. “Yeah,”…

Sometimes it feels like we can’t get away from our pasts. They seems to cling to us like soap scum on a bathtub. It’s not just bad things either. Sometimes good things we did in the past can hold us back from our futures. Most people can’t conceive the amount of life they actually have…

As you go through life there are a lot of paths put in front of you. The road forks many times along the way. Don’t plan on hearing the audible voice of God telling you which way to go, though, that would be completely amazing. Rather, you have a choice. Did you get that? It is your…
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