A few weddings and a funeral I don’t know a lot about the Catholic church. My experience is limited to what I learned in a protestant university and a handful of Catholic weddings I’ve attended. Over the past couple of years though, I’ve had the privilege of attending both a baptism and funeral at a […]
The danger of small stories.
Glory. We all are called to live incredible, great, beautiful stories. We want to live stories where we are seen as beautiful or heroic. We want to live stories where we do things of great meaning and value. We want to live stories where we change not just our lives, but the lives of many. […]
Makin’ a Dent
We’re here to put a dent in the universe. -Steve Jobs Making Dents This weekend, I started reading the book Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything by Tim Irwin (known for writing Run with the Bulls without getting Trampled). Irwin says this in the opening chapter, We want to believe our lives count for something more […]
Bigger and Bolder
Vision My 2014 Word of the Year is VISION. I want a clear picture of what I see and God sees for my life. Part of the reason I chose that word was I wanted to dream bigger and bolder. To this point, it’s been more systematic thinking about what it means to have vision […]
Who’s in charge here?
Our church, Cross Points Church offers a free daily devotional through the You Version Bible app. This week our lead pastor is out of town, and he has made the mistake of handing this duty to me. I’m going to use my next few posts to share these devotions with you. Authority – Matthew 7:1-29 What […]
It’s so childish!
What makes a kid a kid? One of the things I love about kids is their willingness to believe. They aren’t born cynical. You tell them a big man in a red suit with a white beard riding reindeer brings presents to every person in the world in one 24 hour span…and they believe. Belief […]
2 Steps to a Celestial Right Jab
Kind of a big deal. A few years ago, Kia and I, along with her family hosted conferences for portrait photographers all around the country. Each year, we would pick a different city – typically a warm weather town during winter – and invite hundreds of photographers to join us. It was a lot of […]
Satan is Frank Underwood
TV eats your brain Sometimes writing is hard. Writing something original is really hard. Watching TV all weekend makes writing really, really hard. This fall, I watched the first season of House of Cards on Netflix. I don’t recommend it. It’s dark. It make’s me feel dirty after watching it. On the other hand, lead […]
Andy’s listening to…
Music of the moment I’m have an eclectic taste for music. Pretty much anything goes but country and heavy metal (though I’m slowly taking in the old school country sound). That said, here is some music that is constantly on my rotation (CD, radio, Spotify, 8Tracks). It’s not all necessarily “new”. Some of it has […]
Open Space [Revisited]
Joshua Tree While on my trip to California, Kia and I drove through Joshua Tree National Park. The park is considered the high desert, basically desert surrounded by mountains. At one point early in the trip through the park, I stopped to take a picture. Kia suggested taking a panoramic view of the desert. This […]
