May 28, 2013 | Blog, Christianity, Hostage (Blog Series), Life
Some of my favorite movies are revenge movies. “Punisher,” “Max Payne,” “A Man Apart,” “Out of Time,” pretty much all of the “Batman” movies, and on and on…there are thousands. Something about a story...
May 27, 2013 | Blog, Christianity, Current Events, Following Christ, Hostage (Blog Series), Life, Pain
A few weeks ago, our entire region (and most of the country) was captivated by the news that three women who had been missing for years had been found in a basement in Cleveland. (Even if you weren’t captivated by that news, I guarantee the related, autotuned...
May 17, 2013 | Blog, Christianity, Following Christ, Leadership, Life, Ministry, Pain, Worldview
I originally wrote this blog post in December of 2011. [bra_border_divider top=”15″ bottom=”15″] I don’t know if it’s the weather turning cold or the fact that the Cleveland Browns are terrible again this year, but lately I’ve...
May 15, 2013 | Christianity, Following Christ, Leadership, Life, Ministry, Vision, Worldview
A question that every Christian (and every church) should ask all the time is Do we exist IN our city or do we exist FOR our city? Are you just in your city, or do the people around you know that the reason you are there, the reason your church exists, and everything...
Apr 17, 2013 | Blog, Christianity, Following Christ, Life, Ministry
Can I be honest with you? I absolutely can’t stand some of the cute little well-intentioned but poorly-executed phrases in the “Christian” vocabulary. I don’t know where so many of these catchphrases came from, but we need to lose a lot of...
