I have a confession. Despite over 35 years in the ministry and a lifetime of going to church, I have questions and doubts about God. I’ve seen God do amazing things and transform many lives and yet I still have nagging uncertainties. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit it
I saw the movie 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri on an airplane recently. I was enjoying the film and then all of a sudden, it just ended. Talking with a friend who is a film studies teacher he explained to me why it’s a masterful ending. I understood what
I went to a conference not long ago. While there, I got some fantastic ideas. I was inspired by the passion of the speakers. I was excited by the sessions I attended. I vowed I would return home and implement what I learned in a way that would revolutionize
Here’s an understatement.; religion has a checkered past. All religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, to name a few, have chapters they’d rather forget, followers they’d rather not claim. There’s no way around it. Religious history is filled with examples of faith expression gone wrong. I once had a student
What a strange world it is God has created. God could’ve set up the world any way he wanted and yet he chose to create a world where we have to work to hear, discern and follow his will. Think about that for a moment. Wouldn’t it be a
Nerd alert: I subscribe to Biblical Archaeology Review. I love it. Every month there’s new information about what’s been dug up and how we can learn from it. In this month’s edition there were a number of articles that dealt with death; more specifically with the afterlife. Some of
Sometimes when I’ve had a rough day at the office I’ll go home and start complaining to my wife about a situation that irritated me, a person who got under my skin or a class that didn’t go well and I’ll tell her what I’m going to do in
I spent the past 10 days in Israel. It’s a fascinating place. In addition to all the amazing biblical and historical sites, the land is teeming with people from all over the world. People come from the 4 corners of the earth yearning to see and experience God. That’s
Athletes use a phrase to describe a phenomenon when it seems as though they can do no wrong; when all their shots are falling; when all their passes hit the receivers in the numbers; when all their pitches are strikes. They call it being “in the zone”. Athletes describe
In 1981 the academy award winning film, Chariots of Fire told the story of 2 British runners who competed in the Olympics. One of this week’s texts was the story of Elijah being lifted up to heaven by a Chariot with horses of fire. It made me think of
