Do you ever get reminders of how short life is?  When our friends or loved ones pass away unexpectedly, or when we are confronted with out own mortality through a diagnosis, or a close-call accident or other experience, we sometimes see how precariously we hold on to...

I want us to focus on a biblical theme that we often overlook, thinking it outdated. Idolatry is still a problem today, even if we think it died centuries ago. 

Yesterday, I drove up to meet some friends in Des Moines, stayed in a stranger’s house that is twice as big as mine, and jumped on our bikes to ride 50 miles in 95 degree weather with tens of thousands of strangers.  To some, this may sound fun, and to others this may...

Most of us hold onto all the “trash” in our relationships, holding onto sins and wrongs. We need to take out the trash by confessing and forgiving.

How often do your plans play out exactly as you imagined them? Probably not very often, unless its how your toast turns out every morning, and even then there is some variability.  Even if they don't turn out exactly as planned, often things still turn out ok, or...

God made us to be special, to make an impact on others. Instead of being the impactful salt God intended, are we just being mediocre?

'for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; ' Romans 3:23-24 Grace, what a beautiful word.  It's a word that turned the world upside down and is still doing it today...