Snowy drive home

My final class of the semester wrapped up this past Monday evening. After the student groups presented their final projects, I began the snowy drive home.


My final class of the semester wrapped up this past Monday evening. After the student groups presented their final projects, I began the snowy drive home.

When I’m functioning at my best I trust my gut. That means having a sense about something that others might not understand. It’s helpful when I’m in places where I have to make choices. By far, the most difficult context of gut-wrenching and gut-testing, is in the wilderness. I’ve spent my fair share of time…

When I was young I loved play hockey. I wanted to stay on the ice forever, hoping that the puck would find my stick so I could bury it deep in the other team’s net. I dreamed about those moments. But skating and stick handling was only half the game. The other half was spent…

I listened to a Carey Nieuwhof podcast today. He interviewed an entrepreneur named Jared Hogue. Jared uttered five small words that moved me: Just Start and Stay Faithful. This blog post is the fruit of that statement. So, if anyone is out there. And interested. This is my start. Pray that I stay faithful. Here’s…

My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday. In past years, I’ve answered a questionnaire about how well I was doing according to my ministry (job) description. Things are different this year. Since we’re in a transition as a church, our interim lead pastor has asked us to answer questions like, “What’s your primary…

My family is headed to a wedding this afternoon. So, the hunt was on for Elijah’s missing dress sandal. It vanished a couple of months ago and he’s been wearing his little orange Crocs for every occasion since. After scouring the house for 45mins I said to Elijah, “let’s ask Jesus to help us find…

I’m ready to be rejected. So over the next few weeks I’m going to be writing articles and sending them to ministry magazines. I was inspired by a couple of books we received last week. They give details on how to write for Christian publications. The introduction to one of them says, “Before you start,…