Tomorrow–Wheaton

Shelley’s brother Matt and I hit the road today. We’re taking a load of our stuff. We went from Scottsbluff to Lincoln in about 8 hours. We had the privilege of staying at my friend Ken’s house in Lincoln. My retired pastor friend Harold is staying at a motel in Lincoln. [...]

NT Wright on church unity

Here’s an article by Wright that I thought that some of you might be interested in.  Wright addresses relations between the Catholic church and others (i.e. the Anglican church and the Eastern Orthodox).  What do you think of it?

This week

A lot of traveling ahead of us this week.  On Monday, Shelley is going down to Colorado to hang out with her family until her sister’s wedding on August 11.  In the meantime, her brother Matt, a pastor friend named Harold, and I are headed to Chicago with most of our stuff.  We decided to [...]

Moving and Goodbyes

This last Sunday was the last time preaching as the youth pastor of Chadron Berean.  It was pretty tough.  Chadron Berean was a great place to be at.  Our four years here were well spent.  Pastor Dan has been a great mentor and teacher.  It’s always hard to say goodbyes.  Next Sunday we’re going to [...]

Stephen King and the atonement

I admit it.  I like Stephen King.  When I get a chance to read fiction, he’s one of my favorite contempory authors.  Here’s an interesting old Christianity Today article on King and the atonement that I came across just recently.   I’m not sure that King actually fits into the writer’s picture in quite the way that [...]

Proverbs on Youth Ministry

So this Sunday is my last opportunity to preach at Chadron Berean.  I’ve decided to speak on the book of Proverbs and youth ministry.  Over the course of the summer, I’ve been reading through Proverbs and mulling over what it has say about parenting.  During this time, it hit me that a lot of what [...]

Barry Bonds

I came across this photo essay on Barry Bonds and his physical changes during his career.  It’s sort of interesting.  Do you think that he did steroids?  How should that impact how we view him as a player?

New blogs

I found a couple of new blogs that I have enjoyed reading.  Check them out.
Michael’s Musings
Jesus The Radical Pastor 

This week

This last week was crazy.  I flew out to Chicago to talk to the elders at Naperville Christian Church.  It was a really good time.  They were great and I enjoyed their hospitality. 
I also had the chance to check out our apartment in Wheaton.  I was a little nervous.  I had never rented a place [...]

Democrats and God

I normally try to stay out of politics on my blog.  My brother Jon is the one who’s really into politics.  However, this article by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy in Time magazine this week caught my eye.  Gibbs and Duffy point out that in this upcoming elections, the Democrats are doing more to court the religious vote than [...]