‘Can I, can I, can I….’ If you are a parent or spent any time around kids, you have been through this phase with your children. It seems from our youngest days we are hardwired to seek and test the boundaries of what we can and can’t do; it’s how we learn and grow and…
We have a strong system of higher education in the United States, which also has significant problems in need of reform. The most obvious problem we all see about college is its price tag. ‘College is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or else they’ll send your kid back!’ College gets lots…
I think we all can identify on some level with Elijah; we all have good days and bad days. Some days there is hardly anyone in church, no one can serve on the altar and the toilet is broken. Other days the church is full, as is the altar, and the toilet is still broken. …
Second only to videos starring cats, the most popular genre of clips and videos these days is the ‘epic fail’. Go ahead, open youtube today after church and type in ‘epic fail.’ You’ll see dozens of videos, each with a million views, of a parent getting on their child’s kiddy toy, and destroying the toy…
Jesus’ Resurrection was not resuscitation. He didn’t die and come back to live out his natural life, before eventually dying again. Jesus’ death was intentional, it had a purpose, and that purpose was to raise up all things, to Ascend to the Father and lead us to the same. Jesus’ Resurrection, the Gospels make 100%…
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed.—1 Jn. 3:2-4 For whatever reasons, God chooses not to reveal himself fully until the time is right, until his people are right. And because none of us like it when we aren’t in on the secret, we tend to make…
If you want God’s great magic tricks, head out to Tampa Bay in the evening and watch a sunset. If the beauty of the sunset itself doesn’t have you whispering a prayer, maybe one day you’ll see a giant cross in the sky or the face of our Lord in the clouds. But then let’s…