Eliminating the Lies

Sometimes a watching a movie leads me to reading the original book, which is what happened after seeing the film The Big Short. The book, written by Michael Lewis, focuses on the causes and events leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis, which eventually led to the...

Choosing the One True Leader

Well today’s the day. It’s the day the commercials stop, the mail gets lighter, your text messages go back to being from people you know, and you can get back to arguing about sports and who shot the biggest buck this season. While I don’t live in the States (though I...

A Friendly Fire Ceasefire

A lot has changed in ministry since the days of Jesus, Peter, and Paul (like the fact I can write in Nicaragua, hit “Publish, and share this with all of you). Here’s one extremely unfortunate constant: the body of Christ continues to fight against itself....

Cut the Complaining

I’m usually very flowery in my openings, but today allow me to be pretty blunt. Can you imagine what would happen if we took all the time we spend complaining and actually harnassed it for good? Frankly, we’d likely have little to complain about because we...

Don’t forget to be You

Michael Jordan had seemingly accomplished everything he could on the basketball court. He had won three NBA titles (in a row no less), two Olympic gold medals, made countless all-star teams, and become perhaps the most recognizable athlete in the world. Not only had...