Posts tagged “Purpose”
Care less about failure
My superstar college roommate would say, after breaking scoring records on the basketball team, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” We…
Fanny & Jesus
Have you ever heard of Fanny Crosby? She was a Christian songwriter who produced more worship music than Martin Luther, Chris Tomlin, and Hillsong…
3 steps for talking about Jesus
As a writer, I’ve often heard the advice to KISS—Keep It Simple, Stupid. So today I’m keeping it simple about a topic we tend…
A crash test dummy’s guide to reading the Bible
It seems to me that when a car manufacturer creates a new car model, there are two very important teams that participate in the…
Replacing thieves
We usually reserve the term addiction for the really bad stuff. Being labeled as an addict carries with it many stigmas. But in a…
Using your time even better
Pastor Mike’s latest sermon series may challenge you a bit. It changed my perspective. Maybe you, like me, tend to justify the way you…
You are what you look at
“The eye is the lamp of the body.” This strange image comes from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7, specifically 6:22). He…
Bringing light to the world
Last year at a Little League championship game, 12-year-old Kaiden Shelton threw a pitch that hit Isaiah Jarvis in the head. Isaiah fell to…
He’s up
Commercial insurance broker Sam Castronova posted the following on his weblog back in 2010: “To all my Brothers out there trying to win the…
Being persistent, not stubborn
Today I want to talk to all the dreamers out there. I don’t mean the nighttime dreamers; I mean the other kind. If you…
A word for older Christians
Any gray-haired people of God out there? After passing the 40-year mark recently, I’m realizing that getting older has its frustrations. I’m finding that…
The moment I almost lost my faith
The religious rug was pulled out from under my feet. In the middle of my studies to become a pastor, I somehow stumbled onto…