Who do you think you are?

A number of years ago, I found myself booking accomplished Christian bands for a major concert event. This is quite the process, as you have to go through the band’s agents, managers, etc. Part of the process is meeting all of the stipulations in their “rider.” Put...

How I want it

We live in a very transactional culture. When we want something, we simply order it (and expect it in 2 days or less!). We are so used to this system that when it does not work properly we get extremely frustrated. Having worked in fast food for two years during high...

Even Good Kings Fail

I mentioned recently that my Bible reading plan has me walking through the books of I/II Kings and I/II Chronicles. If you’ve read through these books before, you know that the section on each king typically opens and closes with whether or not they were good or evil....

Keep the fire burning

My Bible reading plan currently has me walking through Kings and Chronicles. If you’ve ever read through these books, you know that Israel/Judah had no shortage of awful kings. While there are good (yet flawed) kings like David, Solomon, and Hezekiah, there are many...

Different Values

Of all the ways God calls us to be different than the world, the one we THINK we understand the best is that we have different values. We all know that Christians are supposed to live according to a different set of values. We understand we are to obey the...