Dear Graduates, You will get a lot of these notes over the next few weeks: Make the world a better place. Live life with no regrets. Chase your dreams. Laugh often. Work hard. Love all. It seems like yesterday to…
I got to see my mom this weekend. She usually visits us on Mother’s Day. Watches David play soccer and lacrosse and comes to worship. This year I saw her in Des Moines with my other siblings. One sibling is…
We all deal with critics. I have a few. Goggle my name if you don’t believe me. Some people are married to critics. Some people are the sons and daughters of their biggest critics. Critics are found in the marketplace,…
I take my son Benjamin to high school five days a week. It’s usually about a twenty to twenty-five minute drive. Usually twenty to twenty-five of my favorite minutes of the day. We talk. He isn’t much for sports. So…
Spiritual Formation
Three Reasons Why Constantly Laboring to Meet Other People’s Expectations is a Really Bad Idea and Three Things You Can Do About it Today
My first church. I worked more hours there than any other church. Every meeting. Every hospital visit. Every Sunday. I’d like to say this was because I loved God, but it had more to do with loving the approval of…
This is only going to happen once. We will consecrate our new structure. It happens Sunday afternoon, April 8th at 4:30. I encourage you to attend. Consecrate isn’t a word we use too much these days. It means to make holy…
Easter. A big bunny carrying around an endless supply of brightly colored eggs filled with candy has taken the day over. Kids canvas their house on Easter morning in the relentless pursuit of sugar. Not that I am adverse to…
Acceptance. It’s something we all want. Maybe it’s something we need. I have been picking up my children from school for twelve years now. I’d rather watch kids than check email, so that is what I do. Watching little ones…