What You Can Do About Daylight Savings & Daylight Cravings
My least favorite hour of the year is daylight savings time in the fall. I think they should call it daylight cravings, because afterward it seems like every day is shorter (and for someone who loves to play outdoors, boo!) But I'm trying to make the most of the one...
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Mock Toffee Recipe
While in Sacramento, California for an amazing time with The Shore of Bayside Church, Leif and I stopped by Whole Foods for a quick deli dinner. To our surprise, the employees were holding a contest for best dessert. Shoppers were encouraged to vote from the...
Video Blog: Shouldn’t we be this excited about hearing from God?
Take a minute to watch this YouTube video. 29-year-old Sarah Churman received hearing implants recently. Sarah has been deaf from birth. This video was taken as she heard her voice for the very first time. It gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. Imagine if this...
Are You Willing to Be Little?
I've been reading more about St. Therese of Lisieux, a French Carmelite nun who lived before the turn of the 20th century. She died just shy of her 25th birthday of tuberculosis. Although Therese suffered from chronic headaches and other illnesses, she embraced God's...
How to Handle Silence Within a Small Group
Have you ever asked a question to a small group, only to have an eternity of silence follow? You're sure the clock on the wall is ticking twice as loud and assume everyone is thinking about the awkwardness. To make it stop, you answer your own question, preventing...
Are You Fully Present?
In John 13, Jesus knew he was going to be betrayed and arrested. The hours until his painful deathticked away. If anybody had an excuse to be distracted, distant, or unengaged, it was Jesus. Yet, Jesus proceeds to preach one of the most beautiful and profound messages...
More Funny Than Wrong Post 70: Shallow Small Group
This week's More Funny Than Wrong Check out this YouTube video parody about small groups. How have you seen small groups become "Shallow Small Groups"?
Tell Me, Why Did You Doubt?
I love the story of Peter and Jesus walking on the water together. As I was rereading it in Matthew 14, a detail stood out to me that I never noticed before: Peter hopped out of the boat in the middle of a wind storm: The boat by this time was a long way from the...
Can the Church Learn From the Past?
I've recently been studying a little church history. After reading about the Great Schism that separated the East and the West and moving on to the Great Schism of the Western Church, the messiness of church history has once again been awoken in my heart. During the...
How to Set an Anchor in Your Spiritual Life
Growing up, I spent a lot of time on boats so I became familiar with navigating and sailing as well as the process of anchoring a boat. Now an anchor is essential to making sure your boat isn't swept up in a current or blown on the rocks in the middle of the night. To...
