I thought I’d share the our Christmas card (that my wife designed!) with you this year. Since the physical ones went out a little late, it’s fitting that it would be posted to my blog after Christmas. Have a happy New Year!

p.s. This year, we’re going to pray, by name, for everybody who sent [...]

Here are Life and Theology’s top 10 posts of 2009
10. Did God Do That?
9. Caption Please…
8. You Should Not Be In a Small Group If…
7. Reactive or Proactive?
6. Gospel-Focused Small Groups
5. The end of email?
4. Small Group Success
3. Tiger Woods Needs a Coach
2. Did Rob Bell offend you?
1.  My Son, Dog Food, and Satisfaction

Have you ever been “Cc’d” in an email? Not even sure what I’m talking about? Let me enlighten you.
Here’s a normal email field:

See the “Cc:” line below the “To:” field?
Cc stands for Carbon Copy.  You know those forms you have to fill out that have multiple copies where, if you press down hard [...]

I was able to see Rob Bell at TPAC’s War Memorial on December 9th.  I like Rob.  I think he’s innovative, pushing the Church to think outside of the proverbial box.  I thoroughly enjoyed his lecture.  It was a fascinating look at suffering, seeking to not answer the question of “Why, God?!?” but “What now?”  [...]

Are there certain things in your life that you absolutely can’t live without?
I don’t mean philosophical, feel-good things like, “Love” or “Happiness” or “Family” or “Jesus” (ok, well…I do mean those, but let’s put those, more important things, to the side for a moment).  Don’t get all “spiritual” on me.  (j/k)
What are those “things” that [...]

I’m all about the lone rebel who wins the war by himself. But our efforts combined are much more effective than our efforts alone.
Alone, we seem weird.
Together, others want to join in.

Recently I said this on Twitter:
Can a person REALLY be growing in their faith & NOT be involved in a faith community? I think not.
As you might imagine, it stirred some people up.
As you can also imagine, the ones it stirred up were the ones not involved in a faith community (a general term that [...]

Looking for a way to discuss New Year’s resolutions with your small group?  Below are some discussion questions I put together for our small groups at Grace.  Feel free to use them with your group.  If you’d like, you can listen to Ron Edmondson’s sermon from this past Sunday HERE (the questions were designed to [...]

I recently wrote a sports editorial piece for a local paper here in middle Tennessee, the I-24 Exchange.  For your convenience, I thought I’d re-post it here on my blog, though you can also find it HERE.  Keep in mind…this was written last Thursday, before the news of Tiger’s indefinite leave from the game of [...]

I’m reading through a book that will soon be released.  Written by Ryan Chappalear (founder of Africa For Jesus), it is being published right now.  In the book, Ryan is comparing the spread of Coca Cola with the spread of the Gospel.  I’ll put a full review together for my blog later, but wanted to [...]