We ended yesterday with the question: Why should anyone have great power over others? The idea was to understand the opposite of Uncle Ben’s (Spider-Man’s uncle) sage advice: “With great power comes g...  Read More

With Great Responsibility Comes Great Power, Part 2Biblical Leadership Okay, there is no Part 1 with this title, but it’s the honorary title for yesterday’s post. If you haven’t read it, I’d suggest r...  Read More

I have a strange relationship with leadership. I am a pastor, a business owner, a dad, and a husband.  So, I must be a leader.  However, I have been led poorly by poor leaders, and the experience was ...  Read More

Something interesting and cool happened last week. I was at Panera, and a man came and stood very close to me, acting strange. I felt on alert and imagined him attacking me.  Then the cool thing happe...  Read More

Do things happen to you, or do you happen to things? I’ll keep this short. Of course, things happen to us all day. I woke up late, ran out of coffee, had to get labs done, and my appointment ran late....  Read More

I was describing to my son what it was like to be a competitive singer as a teenager. I grew up in Texas, but was not a football player. If you happen to know anything about Texas high school football...  Read More

To image God we conquer nature. I know some people (hardcore environmentalists) don’t like that, but it’s what we’ve been designed and tasked to do. 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, af...  Read More

“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.“  Francis Bacon said it first and I can’t stop thinking about it.  Nature has rules.  Follow them, and you can manipulate it. The Wright brothers commanded na...  Read More

Giving Out Love Like Biscuits at Breakfast  “We have to give out love like biscuits at breakfast,” said Gregg in a text. ”I’m stealing that,” said I. My friend was right. We do have to give out love l...  Read More

“It’s come to my attention that our church logo is on your website. This makes it appear we are associated. Please remove it as soon as possible.” This note came to me from a pastor in my town. When w...  Read More

I may be curious and open, but that doesn’t mean I’m not prone to shutting my ears to any opinion I don’t already hold. But that is not what God gave us brains for. Seeking and discerning truth is har...  Read More

We Can’t Do Anything Without ThisThe Holy Spirit’s Role in Our Lives  In the course of a day, the topic of the Holy Spirit came up in my life three times and it started to feel like God was talking to...  Read More