Wisdom from a Child
"Daddy, what did you want to be when you grew up?" My six year old daughter asked me."Well, for a while, I wanted to me an architect and build things. But then I thought about pursuing acting to become an actor." (mainly due to my drama friends in high school)"What's an actor?" She responded. "You know a person who you see on videos and movies. But I really found out what God wanted me to be when I started pastoring." I replied."It sounds to me you do all those things; you built a house, churches and us beds and you're in lots of videos and you pastor lots of people." She responded.Hmm... A people

I'd like some wisdom, please.
There is a saying that goes, “with age comes wisdom.” Sounds nice, should even be true, right? If you’re like me you’ve met some older people who have no more sense than when they were teens. James 1:5 says, “if any of you lacks wisdom, ask God, who gives liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” I notice in this verse that there seems to be no age limit on who can ask or receive wisdom. In fact I believe the older I get the more and more I need wisdom. My father-n-law and I have been talking, praying and seeking God about

It's about the Cargo
I think we've all heard the analogy between small churches and speedboats and larger churches and tankers.The smaller can make changes quickly much like a speedboat while the larger has to take it's time and move slowly, much like the large church.I brought up the question of "why" on Face Book and got a lot of good and right answers. Some were very technologically sound; "the draft and freeboard--speedboat sits on top of water, tanker has a lot below the water line" and "less friction" and "momentum."Other answers were more deep, such as, "As with life, that which requires a greater investment of time and ener

Goals in the Everyday
"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream."--Harry KempI got to spend lunch with a man who I love and trust, Ed Huie. I always enjoy our time together and he is someone who I've asked to speak into my life.Here are some thoughts I've taken away from meeting with him and hearing his wise council, that may be of good encouragement to you as well.Innate within every human being, there are at least three God-given desires....The desire to worship something bigger than we are.The desire to help those less than we are.The desire to belong to something bigg

Crash The Superbowl
Here is my video entry for the Doritos Contest.Enjoy!