The 8 State Lake Several weeks ago, I visited a cattle ranch in Hoxie, Kansas. If you’re not familiar with Hoxie, you’re not alone. Hoxie is a small agricultural town about 20 miles from Colby, Kansas (the Western Kansas stop along I-70 with a Starbucks). Blink and you’ve driven by the exit at 75 miles […]
Hitting walls.
Walls and Writing Sometimes in life you hit a wall. The imaginary, larger than life, too big to overcome wall. I’ve hit that wall with my writing. I don’t really know why…I think it’s a season. So right now you are reading my attempt at taking a sledge hammer to this imaginary wall in my […]
But I won’t do that!
The missionary relationship from heaven Paul and Barnabas was a match made in heaven. Barnabas was a man of encouragement, mercy and grace. Paul was a strong, no-nonsense, pragmatic leader. Together they were taking the world by storm for Jesus. They are sent out together establishing churches in Antioch, Cyprus, Lystra and Derbe. They healed […]
It’s the end of the world as we know it!
…And I feel fine! I love that REM song (It’s the end of the world as we know it [and I feel fine]!). It speaks a lot to and about my generation that grew up believing the world was ending at any moment (both from the secular and religious points of view). In the end, […]
And in this corner…
I’m continuing to share a few devotions I’m writing from Acts for Cross Points Church…enjoy! The ultimate fight. I am not a boxing fan. I remember watching Mike Tyson demolish some guy in less than a minute on ABC as a kid, but that’s about as far as my boxing knowledge goes… …Unless of course you […]
The Power of Joy
I’m continuing to share a few devotions I’m writing from Acts for Cross Points Church…enjoy! I’ve got the JOY! But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. -Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) Joy. It’s the one word that kept going through […]
Redemption (not perfection)
It’s gonna be quiet! This will be my last post in the next week or so. We’re in the last stages of moving, with the final push on Thursday! I also have the privilege of preaching at the Cross Points Church Sunday service this week. All of this combined is putting some pressure on me. […]
A Thief in the Night
Fear. Nothing is as debilitating as fear. Fear holds us back from achieving all we are capable of doing. Fear stops us from trying new ideas. Fear keeps us from going where God calls us to go. Paul doesn’t specifically mention fear in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, but his topic (the 2nd coming of Jesus) immediately brings fear to my […]
One day while hiking a volcano…
Overwhelmed Sometimes life feels overwhelming. Too much is happening. Not enough time is available to get everything done. The job is too large. The resources are too small. Not enough help is available. Too many people are involved. If it’s not one thing it’s another, and you feel like you are underwater. You’re left gasping for […]
It’s OK to not be OK. It’s not OK to stay that way.
I wish… I wish I had come up with my catchy title for today’s post. Unfortunately it wasn’t me. The title comes from Perry Noble. Noble is the lead pastor of a large church in South Carolina and recently wrote the book Overwhelmed about depression and anxiety. He was also one of the featured speakers at The Orange […]
