September holds enormous excitement for me. Why? Because I’ll fulfill a long-held dream. A book I’ve written, a book I believe will help many people, will be on bookshelves all over the country. I can hardly believe I’m fortunate enough to have this incredible opportunity. But September is six months away. That intervening space is […]
Read & Grow / How to be a Christian without Going to Church
Surf to Google. Type the phrase “Can I be a Christian…” into the search box. Helpful as ever, Google will start suggesting popular queries. The top search? “Can I be a Christian without going to church?” This is a question people are asking. They are asking it a lot. I’m a Pastor’s Kid who grew up […]
Weekend Wisdom / Part of a Resurrection Community
It’s Easter! Because of what happened 200 generations ago, everything has changed. Frequently in church world, we talk about what Easter means for you as an individual. A second chance, forgiveness, reconciliation with God, the promise of life after death. But there’s another aspect that matters. Easter isn’t just about you! The resurrection created a resurrection […]
Can you be Christian without going to Church? Think about this before you decide.
How do you answer this question? A friend of mine, Kelly Bean, is in the critical last mile of having her book published. She wasn’t sure if her publisher was going to like her idea for a title. I can understand why. It’s a Christian publisher offering a book for Christians. Her title idea? “How […]
Need to Change your Life? Find some Unreasonable People.
The odds are stacked against you. It’s 9-to-1 that you won’t change. That’s not a made-up internet statistic (85% of statistics quoted on the internet are made up on the spot. Really.) That statistic comes from research on patients diagnosed with heart disease, cited in the book Change or Die by Alan Deutschman. These patients were […]
Change your life? Then find these 3 things.
What would you do if you learned that unless you change your life, you were going to die? What if the message came from a trusted authority, bearing verifiable information, drawn from the data of your own life? This isn’t some over-hyped exaggeration from your pastor or boss, trying to make a point. This is […]