My wife and I just found out that we’re having a son!  I’m still in a state of awe.  Sometimes, I just walk around with a smile on my face for a while before I even realize I’m smiling.  It’s hard for me to believe that I’m having a son.  This new season of my [...]

My youth pastor, Phillip, from my days in middle school has recently acted a little bit out of the “norm.”  I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s “normal” for youth pastors to do strange things in order to connect with the middle school/high school generation.  It’s not out of the normal context of a youth [...]

Every week, as we get started with our community group, I feel like the discussion is going to tank.  We typically get off to a slow start, and I get concerned that it’s going to be awkward as we get into the meat of our discussion.  Somewhere by the middle of our time, though, somebody [...]

My wife and I got excited the other day when we heard the ice cream truck blaring its horn through our neighborhood.  It brought back great memories from our summer childhood, where we would stand in the road staring at the side of the ice cream truck trying to decide between an ice cream sandwich, [...]