Watch. Change. Be free.
Watch. Change. Be free.
We have plenty of stuff about Jesus, but do we really have Jesus? I'm sure the world cares less about our buildings, our programs, our camps, and our statement of faith than they do about really seeing Jesus among us. Jesus in us. Jesus through us. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate buildings, programs, camps [...]
I know. I know. It's an easy target. They tell you 'be yourself'. Then they tell you to 'color inside the lines.' They say 'discover who you are'. But then they make you walk in a single-file line like everyone else. But it's deeper than that for sure. Sir Ken Robinson makes a compelling case [...]
Today, December 3 marks the birthdays of two influential people in the culture of my life. I've sent them both birthday wishes… Ozzy Osbourne, rock icon… and Jim Richards, Executive Director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention To [...]
george smoot: the design of the universe I originally found this video at TED and it blew my mind. Footage from the Hubble telescope… pictures that our ancestors only dreamed of… and the crazy possibilities that only a Master Creator could come up with. Watch and have your head swirl and your picture of the [...]
In honor of the 10 year anniversary of Fight Club, I tweeted the question, "If you could pick a fight with any religious figurehead, who would it be and why?" The winner would receive a box of student ministry goodies for their ministry and personal growth. For those of you who may not know, Fight [...]
When the Israel Defense Forces use Twitter to hold a first-ever governmental press conference, things are a-changin’. Not only was the dialogue open to anyone with a Twitter account, but common text abbreviations were used to stay under Twitter’s 140 character limit. For example: Question from peoplesworld: 40 years of military confrontation hasn’t brought security [...]
It’s like watching a plate fall from the cabinet across the room. You know it’s going to happen, you can’t stop it, yet you just sit and watch it unfold. With two boys of my own (and a baby on the way…), there’s no way I’d let them live the life of the boy [...]
It’s the story of a mother who gave birth to a son. And the son who holds the fate of the world in his hands. Her name is Sarah. Not Mary. I gotta admit, there’s only about two shows on television I watch with any commitment, so when the announcement came that my one-of-two favorite [...]
It seems as though our inconsistency has been dragged out of the comfortable darkness into the cursed, revealing light. Not too many years ago, the Christian community was pretty outraged that JK Rowling’s books (and subsequent movies) were hitting the big time and seducing all our children over to the dark side of witchcraft and [...]