Tell’em What They NEED to Hear

Jossy Chacko grew up in India before moving to Australia for college in the 1980’s. He remained there after college, marrying an Australian woman and having a successful career in business. He stayed in touch with many friends in India, including a northern...

It Might as Well Be You

I spend a lot of time in coffee shops. While I can get pretty “in the zone” while working, I still overhear bits of many conversations. I’ve worked in all types coffee shops all over the US, and I’ve realized there is one thing they all have in...

Different Relationships

Over my last five entries I’ve been having us look at 1 Peter to explore how God calls us to be different from the world. We’ve looked at how we are called to a different faith, different values, and a different calling. Today I want us to reflect on a way...

Different: A Different Calling

We throw the term “calling” around quite a bit in the church, but do we really understand what it means? Pastor Craig Groeschel points out that God calls us in three distinct ways. First, God calls us to salvation. He calls us to repent, and then by His...

Different: 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 to live according to a different set of values. We understand we are to obey the commandments, the...