God wants my kids to eat more CiCi’s

Tonight at dinner, I asked Conner to bless the food.
“Dear Jesus,” he said, “Thank you for forcing Dad to bring us to CiCi’s.”

Looking in all the wrong places

There are times when I want to shut everything down. I want to close my business, go get a job and just work for someone else. I know ultimately I would be unhappy working for someone else, but the temptation is there. The temptation of more reasonable work hours and a steady paycheck.
It usually happens [...]

Who is your faith really in?

Do you have a person in your past who helped you along your walk toward Christ? I think for most people God has sent someone along to give you that big push. If you had someone like that, they probably instantly popped into your head.
So what happens when they fail? What happens when their lives [...]

The digital Bible

For two weeks now I’ve been really busy and haven’t had much time to post. But I wanted to quickly ask something. It occurred to me on Sunday that I haven’t used a physical Bible in a long, long time. I primarily use the Bible app on my iPhone (by the fine folks at YouVersion) [...]

Praying the angles

Over the last two days we had our big bridal show of the year. This is the one that we’ll probably book most of the year for weddings. I thought it might be interesting to do a quick post about how I pray for something like this. So here are the various angles I prayed [...]

Not cutting back on some things

While we are working hard on getting out of debt this year, there are some important things we aren’t cutting back on.
One is the money we give to the church and others. A long time ago we learned important lessons about being generous. Even in lean times, we won’t cut back our giving. It’s too [...]

I put my hope in…Congress?

Roger Ebert wrote a column about the current state of the world. Most of it is probably more correct than we’d like to admit. It’s all about how we, as flawed humans, screw up most of what is put before us.
The sad part is at the end of it when he calls on Congress to [...]

Bigger prayers

If you knew God would answer your prayer, what would you pray for?
Everyone at my house is currently sick. Monday I had to leave for a quick trip. Knowing I couldn’t reschedule it, I prayed, “God, please let me get through this trip without being sick.”
And he answered it. I made it through the trip [...]

Why Christians should be very excited about the election results

Statistically, a majority of Christians vote Republican. So it’s probably safe to say a majority of Christians aren’t overly happy with the results of the latest election.
I’m personally not all worked up about it and really don’t think you should be either.
All that aside, here’s something that should excite you about it. President Obama won [...]

My ultimate

Did you know there is an election tomorrow? Yeah, me either. Totally didn’t see it coming.
But, now that it’s here, let’s acknowledge that by this time Wednesday (barring any asinine lawsuits), about 50% of the country will be losing their minds. And this is the post in which I explain why I simultaneously care deeply [...]

Obama = Anti-Christ?

If you’re a Christian you might have received the e-mail about Obama possibly being the Anti-Christ. And the main message of the e-mail? Don’t vote for him or we might be putting the Anti-Christ into office.
First off, I’m not an Obama supporter, but only because I disagree with his politics.
As Christians we need to stop [...]

Links 9-2-08

A few links that have been stacking up in my reader.
Some amazing underwater photography from 1938. Via Coudal.
Don LaFontaine, the movie-trailer voice guy died yesterday. You can visit his official website here. Over 5,000 movies he did the voice for. Seems like a genuinely nice guy.
An amazing classic Volkswagon ad via American Copywriter.
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Money issues

Yesterday I talked with two different churches, both having money issues. Summer tends to bring the lean times as people are gone or spending on other things. The economy hasn’t helped anything.
And here’s where the church is no different than your average marriage. Take mine for example. When money becomes scarce, my marriage suffers. [...]

More

We don’t use any pre-made curriculum for the kid’s ministry. I prefer to instead keep a finger on the pulse of the kids and see what they need spiritually. The last two weeks we’ve been talking about how God changes hearts. Last week we got into how having more of God changes us even more.
I [...]

The hidden gem of accountability

As the staff of Legacy, we’re required to fill our weekly accountability reports. They are a mix of questions about our week, our relationships and things along that line. I’m not going to lie, sometimes it gets tedious.
But, even in the tedium I still love them. They provide an opportunity to look back on my [...]