Do You See The Glory?

I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas.  I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a couple Christmas related notes.  First is a conversation I had on Tuesday with my son, Jaxon.  We were together and my brother-in-law, Mark, called to ask if I had any suggestions about what Jaxon would like for Christmas.  [...]

This is Part 2 in a series.  You can read Part 1 here: Filling Out Your Theological Bracket - Part 1.
We have a lot of decisions to make in order to fill out our theological bracket.  Some of them can be very confusing.  Some of them, you may not have even realized were in question.  [...]

Even if you are not big sports fans, I’m sure you’ve heard of an NCAA Tournament Bracket.  We are a little early for that this year, because it happens in March every year, but we can still talk about it.  College basketball has a 64 team tournament at the end of their season, and all [...]

Have you ever wondered where cashews come from?  Or maybe why you never see a cashew inside it’s shell like other typical nuts?  Well here’s why.  Cashews grow on a cashew fruit tree.  The Cashew tree actually produces both fruit and a nut.  Here’s a picture of a cashew fruit with the nut inside the [...]

The Building Campaign
Our church is in the middle of a building campaign.  You know what what means, lots of talk about money and finances.  While I know its not a very popular topic, I don’t mind it too much.  It’s a topic that Beth and I embrace and try to really seek what God is [...]

I’ve realized recently that I am a rare entity and becoming more rare each year.  I’m on the endangered species list.  I am one of few Christian parents that still believes in Santa.  I would not be surprised if we start seeing Santa clauses (not Claus, but clause) in church doctrinal statements saying something like [...]

First, my wife has told me that my previous entry about the sin of overeating might offend overweight people, and that I might come across as critical.  Since I myself am overweight, and have struggled with my weight for most of my life, I just assumed everybody would understand that I was talking about myself [...]

Churches today have a wide range of approaches to dealing with sin.  Some churches just ignore sin in hopes that it will go away.  Some churches go on the offensive and try to scare or guilt it out of people.  I think most churches fall somewhere in between.  They claim to take a hard stance [...]