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Mar 10th, 2010
Taking the Long View
A few years ago I read A Narrative of Suprising Conversions by Jonathan Edwards, and there is one particular paragraph that God used to shape and change my heart. In this paragraph, Edwards is talking about his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, who preceded Edwards as pastor of his church. Listen to how Edwards describes him: He was eminent [...]
Mar 8th, 2010
Unhappy Hipsters
I’ve been sick since Thursday night with what was diagnosed yesterday as a sinus infection and Strep. My head isn’t super clear right now and I’m doing good to simply be upright and not in bed at this point. All the to say, I’ll be blogging more soon but want to update with two quick [...]
Mar 5th, 2010
UPDATE: What I Actually Meant
So, two days ago I wrote a short blog post that ended up getting linked to, tweeted, and passed along – bringing about 40x the normal amount of readers to my blog. The post struck a nerve, it seems. But it was misunderstood by many, and because of that I need to clarify a [...]
Mar 3rd, 2010
Uncool People Need Jesus Too
UPDATE: This post was ill-advised on not written well. I’ve written a follow up to it that explains more of what I was trying to say – please go read it first and then read the original post. CLICK HERE TO READ THE UPDATE FIRST. _________ Through my work with the Acts 29 Network, I get the [...]
Mar 2nd, 2010
Just a Little Patience!
If you don’t know who Gary Vaynerchuk is, let me introduce you: Gary is an entrepreneur, social media consultant, wine connoisseur (and salesman), and a big time NY Jets fan. His first book Crush It was a great read. Gary’s core message: find something you love, work hard, then work some more, and you can [...]
Mar 1st, 2010
How is Your Lent going?
We are a few weeks into the Lent season now – how is it going? If you’re like most folks, it become difficult to keep our focus and zeal during the duration of the season. Life creeps in. Work, school, family responsibilities – they all sneak in and steal our focus away. Let me encourage [...]
Feb 28th, 2010
Back to Blogging Tomorrow
I’ve been out of town since Thursday – took a couple day vacation up to New York with my wife. We got in just as the big snow storm was hitting, which definitely made the trip a lot more interesting! It’s been a great trip with just the two of us, but we’ve definitely missed [...]
Feb 24th, 2010
I’m Fat and I Don’t Want to Be
I’m not a small guy. Far from it. You can use titles that make it sound nicer – “husky”, “stout” or even “thick”. But the bottom line is this – I’m overweight. To use the even uglier, but more accurate word: I’m obese. (My Wii Fit scale even tells me so…) Back in 2002, I lost [...]
Feb 23rd, 2010
How A Baptist Came to Love Liturgical Prayer
Last week, I shared the beginnings of my story with prayer – and how the world of spontaneous, prayer-louder-prayer-harder-pray-more prayers left me empty. In the midst of my struggle to pray, I was read Lauren Winner’s memoir called Girl Meets God. In the book, Winner describes her journey from being an observant, Orthodox Jew to becoming [...]
Feb 22nd, 2010
“Come, Be Encouraged”
I read this quote from my all-time favorite preacher, C.H. Spurgeon, this morning – and realized how much I needed to hear it. Again. Pastors out there, if you’re like me – there’s a good chance you need to hear it to. Be encouraged and keep doing the vital work God has called you to! Come, [...]
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