God called Abraham out of his homeland to be the start of something great: a nation that would one day be called Israel. Abraham followed God through deserts and famine, laughed at the impossibility of God’s promises, and found his faith on the line when God called him to sacrifice Read more…
I met with a guy named Jason Salamun today. He found my blog randomly one day while surfing the Net and thought we had a lot in common. Namely: Jesus, blogging, church, kids, and ministry… Turns out that Jason is planting a church here in Rapid City and likes to Read more…
This weekend was very rewarding. Probably the highlights for me were: two students telling me on Sunday afternoon and evening that they felt a calling to ministry, and having the opportunity to share at “big church” on Sunday morning. What fun! The message Sunday borrowed heavily from one of my Read more…
That’s the title I’ve given to the message I’m preaching this weekend in “big church”. It’s inspired by a Jay Bakker tribute to Mike Yaconelli that I heard a few year’s back at a Youth Specialties convention… which was, in turn, heavily inspired by one of my favorite books of Read more…