If you’re reading this post because you’re looking for the links I mentioned in a presentation, skip down to the bottom of the article to find them. One of the primary reasons I’ve been able to serve in ministry as long as I have is the fact that I’ve served under some tremendous pastors who […]
The Last Four Things
Let’s get the bad news out of the way right off the bat: we’re all going to die. While we may not think about it very often, death is inevitable. It often takes a personal brush with death or the illness or loss of a loved one to make us even consider our own mortality. Whether you fear […]
The Greatest Rescue Mission of All Time
When Frozen came out last winter, I was a little late to get to see it (I didn’t actually watch the movie all the way through until about 6 months after it’s release. For a father of two little girls, this may be a serious sin!) I was duly impressed, and I can understand why so […]
Unfolding Scripture: God’s Covenant with Noah
It’s one of the most audacious scenes in the Bible. Eight human beings: Noah; his unnamed wife – it’s probably most appropriate to call her ‘Joan’ (…of the Ark…); his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth; their wives; and a pair of every animal except (apparently) unicorns climb onboard a MASSIVE ship built in the middle […]
Unfolding Scripture: God’s Covenant with Adam
The Bible is a book that can be difficult to make sense of – which is why having a mental map of some sort to make sense of it is so important. One of my favorite ways to look at this comes from Dr. Scott Hahn, one of my professors from Franciscan University, who sees […]
Prayer as Relationship
When people think of me, the last thing they think of is someone who is “smooth.” Consider me the anti-James Bond. When I first asked my now-wife out on a date, I said “We should …talk… sometime.” (I used to get really nervous and unsure of what to say around girls I liked.) Thankfully, she said […]