Do you ever get through the end of yet another busy day, look back, and just wonder, “What in the world did I even accomplish?” I’ve been there so many different times where life gets so crazy, your schedule gets so busy and hectic, that you get to the end and question, “How did I…
A 12 Week Guide to Accomplish Your Goals and Grow Your Faith Do you ever get to the end of another busy day, look back, and wonder what you actually accomplished? If you’re like most people, your day consists of reacting to whatever comes your way, instead of taking charge of your day. Plus, you…
The picture above is me with my two Super Bowl rings and one NFC Championship ring. The smaller ones are from the Super Bowls XXXI and XXXII (1997 and 1998) during the Brett Favre era. We won in ’97 and lost in ’98, hence the NFC championship ring instead of a Super Bowl ring. And…
Of all the spiritual habits that Christians have practiced for thousands of years, none may be more important than Bible reading. Only through the instruction of the Bible can we understand the ways and the will of God. While the Bible is the foundation of our faith, the sad reality is that most Christians barely…
I’m not an emotional guy. My wife would attest that I can be emotionally dense. So I often don’t understand why I have feelings (or even that I have them at all) until much later. One of the major things I was unprepared for entering into ministry is the emotional toll that it would take…
A recent Pew Research Center poll titled “Why Americans Go (and Don’t Go) to Religious Services” caught my attention this week. There’s a lot of information, but here’s what I gleaned from it: Among adults who attend church services at least once or twice a month, when asked to rank reasons they attend as very…
When I first became a pastor, I knew that performing weddings was part of the job. But nobody ever taught me how to do it in Bible college. You’d think that would be a requirement. So when a young couple asked me to officiant their wedding, I panicked. I’d never done a wedding before! Where…
I took two attempts to finish seminary. My first attempt was short-lived because I didn’t set myself up for success. In my second attempt, I graduated with honors. In my first attempt, I dropped out in the first semester because I had too much going on: a job transition, moving, the premature birth of my…
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