If there is one essential to Christianity, it is that at its core we have the Gospel- literally, the Good News. The Gospel we preach produces the churches we get. Over the last ten years I’ve spent a lot of time on determining what the Gospel is. What comprises the Gospel? What makes it good...
Back by popular demand (and by popular, I mean that one of you asked if I’d posted my predictions for this year- thanks, Matt), I’m posting my 2010-2011 NFL Playoff predictions. Just like last year, these are hastily chosen and likely ridiculous choices. In fact, for the second straight year I’m guessing the Bengals won’t...
I wrote the following very early in the nighttime morning of Saturday, August 27, 2005. It went live at 4:14 AM, about the time this post should go live, five years later. It was a lesson I needed to learn, a life-altering moment. Looking back on the events nobody saw coming, I see much of...
Every day we wake up and are immediately thrust into the world as agents of change. Everything we do impacts someone or something. The vast majority of us wake up and, whether we realize it or not, through our bitterness, jealousy, rage, and cruelty find ever-creative ways to transform the world for the worse. We...
For over a decade now I’ve talked about running my own nonprofit organization. In 1999 I left home for Auburn University to study business administration so I could one day pursue nonprofit work. A year and a half later, I was back living with my folks serving a semester of academic suspension from Auburn. I...
