The Las Vegas Tragedy Hope Beyond “Thoughts and Prayers” When I was in college, a friend and his sister were murdered in their home in College Station. I remember exactly where I was when I found out: I was on a leadership retreat for a camp in southwest Missouri when I got a cryptic text message from someone I didn’t…
Unplugged Church How should we think about Technology in the Church I lost my laptop charger for a few days this week. I know it sounds dumb, but it’s the main reason why I haven’t been able to write this post sooner. I don’t know about you, but it’s incredible how much of my work puts me in front of…
Electric Church How should we think about Technology in the Church? Back in 2003 I got my first cell phone. It was by today’s standards barely a toy, but at the time it meant so much: freedom, independence, power, and yes, snake and tiny tiny tetris. It would be another ten years before I joined the staff at Wells Branch…
A Most Sacred Service This past Sunday was my first Sunday serving with our Set Up and Tear Down teams at church, and the experience of working with those guys really messed me up — it was one of the most stressful, difficult, painful and worshipful experiences of church I’ve ever had. Here’s how it went: 7:00AM – arrive at…
Whenever I see the catastrophe of Hurricane Harvey, I’m immediately filled with emotion. It reminds me of coming home from the battlefield of Iraq and immediately being greeted by Hurricane Katrina. I went to a young adult beach retreat in Destin, Florida while watching the horror unfold in Louisiana. Catastrophe happens here. And even though we have a stronger ability…
What happened in Charlottesville? That question has ping ponged through my mind all week. I have read news story after news story trying to piece together what happened and what the response of the Christian Church should be. Let’s talk about what happened and what the response should be. What happened? Here is a pretty good video to describe what…
Back in my early 20s I went to a church in Fayetteville, NC. Village Baptist Church. Great church. Had the old school choir of about 50 people in it who sang their hearts out every Sunday. And I decided to join it. I’ll never forget as I was leaving the sanctuary one morning, and older man walked up to me…
