I remember a couple of years ago when we told our kids that we were going on a Disney vacation with a family that are our dear friends. In this particular case, we told them several months we were goi...  Read More

A few years ago, my family went on vacation with some great friends of ours. We went to Nashville and part of the trip turned into a karaoke night. Several members of the group mounted the stage and s...  Read More

Have you ever had a moment in life where you realized pretty quickly you had judged a book by its cover and had judged incorrectly? I remember that happening here one time. Back when Brother Phil was ...  Read More

People misunderstand Jesus all the time. Lots of people say that they think Jesus was a great moral teacher, but that’s really all he was. In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes about it thi...  Read More

Have you ever showed up to a meeting thinking that the agenda was going to be focused on one particular issue and the meeting turns out to be about something completely unrelated? If you’ve ever been ...  Read More

Have you ever had that moment in your life when everything seems to completely out of control and where everything is falling apart? If you haven’t yet, I want you to know that you will. I don’t say t...  Read More

Today, I want to address a passage that has been the source of debate for centuries. In fact, it was this passage that was the source of one of the great debates of the Reformation, which was the hist...  Read More

Where are you from? This is a pretty important question. The answer to this question tends to lead people to assume lots of things about you. Depending on how you answer this question, people may assu...  Read More

After coaching for a number of years, I have learned how important it is to have a plan. The team needs a plan when it comes to how to approach a season and how to approach an individual game. On the ...  Read More

When I was a kid, I was a terribly picky eater. I probably ate four things: Poptarts, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chicken nuggets, and bread. Now, I would eat just about any kind of bread. I l...  Read More

Enough is a funny word. When is enough actually enough? If we are talking about money, well, you probably always use a little more money (although statistically speaking, the person making $75,000/yea...  Read More

Fear is a fascinating thing. It is our response to perceived danger. The danger may be real or not, but our response to whatever may be happening is certainly real. When fear happens, the amygdala of...  Read More