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Two-Minute French Fries
Excellence in ministry (revised from post originally written May 2015) This post is really about creating a quality church experience, but the getting there is half the fun. Hang with me! One year we took our kids out to Freddy’s to celebrate a great school year. With 5 kids ranging from 15 to 5 months,…
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From Success to Significance: Living Beyond the First Half
On March 6, 2008, Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre stood at a press conference, tears in his eyes, saying, “All good things must come to an end.” He had retired. Four months later, he un-retired. Chaos followed. The Packers had moved on, but Favre hadn’t. He wasn’t ready to live without the roar of…
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The Witness of Martyrs in an Age of Outrage
What makes Charlie Kirk’s death different? Is it simply race? His ties to Trump? Another “MAGA conspiracy”? Such tired, hollow tropes diminish both the man and the moment—as they do every time they are used. They obscure more than they reveal. The truth is, there are real reasons why Kirk’s death has struck a nerve…
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A Feast, Not a Fight: Rethinking Worship in the Church
Worship in the church should feel like a feast, not a sparring match. Yet all too often, we reduce it to arguments over style—hymns versus praise choruses, praise band versus piano, old versus new. What if instead we approached worship as a table set for every generation, every heart longing to encounter God? Discussions about…
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Resilient Church: How God’s People Flourish in Uncertain Times
Let’s be honest: nice churches won’t survive what’s coming. Sentimental faith, vague truth, cultural acceptance, and comfortable gatherings may soothe for a season—but they won’t stand in a world that increasingly resents and rejects the gospel. What will endure? What will thrive? Only a church that is truly holy, truly loving, truly alive—formed by God’s design,…
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Beyond Ritual: Finding Meaning in Lent
Experiencing Lent in a New Way: A Call to Reflection and Growth Last night, my son and I attended an Ash Wednesday service at St. Timothy’s Anglican Church. As Father Thomas marked our foreheads with ashes in the shape of the cross, I was reflecting on the strangeness (to me) and solemnity of the moment.…
