Tuesday night I was bringing my daughter Sydney home from soccer practice. It was a pretty exciting night for her because her team was practicing under the lights for the first time…which is pretty cool if you are 9 years old. (It’s actually pretty cool if you’re a 40 year old dad too.) So we were talking about how cool practice was, I told her how much I love watching her play, and what a great job she . . . Read More »
#Blessed
The older I get, the more I realize, life is messy. Nothing is simple. Nothing is easy. When I was younger, I was very naïve. I thought the older you got in life, the easier it got. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The older you get; the messier life can become. When our three girls were younger, in diapers running around the house, I thought life was pretty hard. Looking back, I would love to have . . . Read More »
Going Backward to Go Forward
Today we continue this journey into Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by talking about something that I know that we all have in common. Regardless of who you are or where you have been we all have come from somewhere. We all have a past. We all, regardless of how different the background is…have a background and a family of origin and today we are going to take a look at the importance of going back and dealing with that . . . Read More »
Check Engine Light
In the next seven weeks, we are going to give you seven practical handles on how to fully engage God. I cannot state to you enough the importance of what we are about to walk through. If you engage into the next several weeks, I promise you, you will be transformed. And I want to restate that following Christ is a radical change in our lives. It’s not adding a few religious behaviors and subtracting a few sins. . . . Read More »
The Beast, The Dragon, The Key, and The Gifts
Today we are going to continue our big fall series on Pete Scazzero’s book Emotionally Health Spirituality. Oh man, this is such a big deal, and I am very excited to jump into this material with you all. I think by the end of this talk today you will really see why this material is so important for us living in this world that we live in today. There is something special that happens when we can work . . . Read More »