A few years ago I started thinking about what I would want people to say about me when I pass away. Dark, I know. But I started thinking about what I wanted Cheryl to say about me. I thought about what I wanted Sam and Lila to say about me. I started thinking about what …
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The Quiet Life
We live in a culture that is fixated on the loud and the big. The loudest news stories are the ones that get our attention. The biggest contributions are the ones that get noticed. The post with the most likes and the most shares must be the most valuable. The acts of service that are …
Ministry Appreciation
When I was in Middle School I received a call from God that would shape the rest of my life. The call was to vocational ministry. I felt a strong sense that God wanted me to use my gifts, talents, passion, career, and abilities to serve His church. Like I said, this call has been …
Arguing For Unity
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3: 26-28 I love …
My Friend Struggles With Infertility
We always knew we wanted children. When we got married, we had a “three year plan”; we’d first get a house and then start our family between our second and third anniversaries. They (whoever “they” are) say that we make plans and God laughs. While we don’t believe that God was laughing at us, He …
September 11, 2001
I was talking to my best friend on the phone when the first plane hit the towers. We ended our conversation and the rest of my day was spent watching the television. I remember watching the first tower fall and quietly wondering to the person next to me, “How many people work in that tower?” …
The Offense Of The Cross
The Apostle Paul will say that the message of the cross is foolish to some and actually offensive to others. As a follower of Jesus my knee jerk reaction is to be taken aback by this statement. Why would anyone be offended by the cross? Every Sunday we thank and worship Jesus for His cross. …
The Arrogant Servant
I am reading a book right now that talks about the nature of service and philanthropy at the turn of the century in America. Specifically the arrogance of the service. It came in two ways: Individual Arrogance. America had been greatly influenced by the British cast system in our founding. This system had an arrogance …
My Galatian Prayer For Us
Dear Northwest Christian Church, My deepest concern for us is that we would fall into the trap of believing that our standing before God is dependent on what we do. My fear is that we will forget about Jesus and will work and strive to make ourselves right before God. We will give into the …
Joshua Harris, True Love, And The Purity Culture
Joshua Harris, author of the book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” has recently criticized and distanced himself from his bestselling work of the 1990’s. He has said that he no longer identifies as a Christian. It was this book that allowed Harris to become an icon of the purity culture that included “True Love Waits” and …
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Encourage, Challenge, and Equip 