Have you been able to utilize social networking tools (see video below) to build relationships and connect with a variety of people this year? What do you use them for? I’ve posted here and here on why I use Twitter. Do you use social networking sites at all?
Help me out by answering [...]

Again, I acknowledge that many of you hate Twitter.  In fact, the person I love most in this world probably hates Twitter the most.  However, I have found much use for this social networking tool.  In addition to connecting with family and friends and having an outlet for my often random thoughts, I have been [...]

As a way of honoring the volunteers in our community groups ministry, my wife hosted a Christmas party for the wives of group leaders.  I thought that this would be one of those parties that I could just slip out of, and go hang out with the guys.  Suffice it to say that that didn’t [...]

How do you train up the next generation? Is that something that you even think about in life and ministry? As I’m thinking about the work that I’ve done throughout graduate school, now heading into my second year at Grace Community Church, and now entering fatherhood, I really want to make sure that [...]

Should we plan for the future? It seems that the Israelites did:
Deuteronomy 6:20-21, “In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?’ tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out [...]

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I am often asked by my friends, “What is twitter?” After I tell them, they ask, “Who cares?” If you find yourself asking the same questions, or if you’re one who has no clue what twitter is, check out this video below:

Advent Songs (2007)
Original and Traditional Christmas Songs from Sojourn Artists, including Jamie Barnes, Dirt Poor Robins, Brooks Ritter, and more. Available now for free or pay-what-you-want.
The emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of Advent, the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas. Advent comes to us in the darkest season of [...]

I was reminded over Thanksgiving of the fact that I was created for community.  We all have heard that “it’s not Thanksgiving without the _______,” right?  Fill that blank in with Turkey, dressing, cranberries, or punkin’ pie, and you have the typical answer given in response to the essential component of Thanksgiving.  But I was [...]