You are Beloved by God
You are God’s beloved It was Sunday morning after the darkest Friday the world has ever known. The one many believed was Messiah had been crucified, killed, hung on a…
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Why Did Jesus Die?
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It’s Good Friday. Here’s the question we’re all asking… Why did Jesus die? This is the question that was on the cover of Time Magazine on April 12, 2004. In…
Another in the Fire
Where is God when it hurts? Many years ago me and my son Will made a trip to see the St. Louis Cardinals play on opening day. He was about…
The Red Thread: Snakes, Jesus, & Second Chances
What do snakes, Jesus, and second chances have in common? The Wedding Day Imagine this scene. It’s a wedding day. And you’ve been invited to the wedding. You came dressed…
The Red Thread: Tent Camping, God, and the Exodus
Tent Camping Have you ever thought about going tent camping with Jesus? When our kids were little, Alisha and I would often ask other parents… parents that we looked up…
The Red Thread: Put to the TEST by God
This is ONLY a TEST The other day I was driving and I had the radio on. It was one of those days when you hear the static over the…
The Red Thread: The Garden and the Blame Game
The Blame Game Have you ever played the blame game? I remember when I was a kid I was next level at playing the blame game. I have a younger…
The Red Thread: The Gospel from Before Time Began
What is the Gospel? What if we have misunderstood the Gospel story? If you ask the average person who grew up in church, in fact… even if you were to…
Jesus Be the Center of Your Church
Anybody remember 2020? I don’t ever want to make light of what happened in 2020 when the world stopped and we were all sheltering in place trying to navigate what…
What does a Jesus centered church look like?
What does a Jesus Centered Church look like? That may sound like a crazy question. After all… shouldn’t every church be a Jesus centered church? Yes! Absolutely. But you know…