A Personal Reflection Years ago, I stood before our congregation to preach from Luke 10:29. I was confident I understood the parable of the Good Samaritan. I had prepared to speak about compassion, about being the neighbor who stops to help. I was ready to challenge others to be like the Samaritan who showed mercy.… Read More The Secret Confession of the Pharisee Neighbor
The Distraction Epidemic – A Crisis for Your Attention Visualize this: You’re deep in important work when your phone buzzes. Without thinking, you reach for it. Thirty minutes later, you emerge from a social media spiral, your original task forgotten and your focus shattered. This scenario plays out millions of times daily across our culture.… Read More Turn to the Wall: Finding True Attention in Chaos
For years, I struggled with what seemed like a fundamental contradiction in medicine. How could doctors who take the Hippocratic Oath—who promise to “first, do no harm”—prescribe treatments like chemotherapy and radiation? I’d seen the devastating side effects these therapies can cause: nausea, hair loss, fatigue, weakened immune systems, and sometimes even organ damage. It… Read More Understanding “First, Do No Harm”: My Journey with the Hippocratic Oath
You’ve said it. I’ve said it. Someone calls out something in our life that needs to change, and we respond with, “Yeah, I know.” And then nothing changes. In this episode, we get honest about why knowing isn’t enough — and what it actually takes to close the gap between the truth you already have… Read More The Gap
What if everything God has for you – your purpose, your potential, your place in this world -what if it’s already been given to you… and the only reason you don’t have it yet is because you haven’t gone to get it? And today we’re going to dig into it – because I think a… Read More Already given, Not Yet Taken
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The story isn’t over — it’s being restored. Creation was the original design. The Fall broke it. Redemption paid for it. But Restoration is the finish line — the moment God makes everything new, not just fixed. And the wild part? We’re not just waiting for it. We’re living in it right now, participating in… Read More The Gospel Meta-Narrative-Restoration
Four letters. One syllable. And yet it undoes us. We say it all the time. At the end of phone calls. In texts sent quickly between meetings. To characters in films who cannot hear us. Love you. Love ya. Love. It costs nothing. It takes less than a second. It disappears into the air the… Read More The Easiest Thing to Say.The Hardest Thing to Do.
You Won’t Believe What I Paid Share with someone that you made a big purchase. The first question is almost always the same: “Did you get a good deal?” We love a bargain. Some people have a gift for finding them. I am not one of those people. But I did learn something important about… Read More Stop Borrowing a Life You Haven’t Paid For
You know that feeling when you’re running on empty? You check all the boxes by showing up at work. You are there for your family and serve at church. You do all the things you’re supposed to do. Yet, something’s missing? You’re exhausted. Resentful even. Going through the motions. What if I told you the… Read More Recovering Your Heart: The Key to Authentic Manhood
Yesterday, my good friend Scott had one of those moments that could have changed everything. He was driving his Ford F-250, towing a trailer, when his passenger-side front tire just… came off. Not a blowout. Not a slow leak. The entire wheel separated from the vehicle. If you’ve ever towed anything, you know how quickly… Read More When the Wheel Falls Off: A Lesson in Gratitude
A Deeper Look at a Familiar Story The story of humanity’s fall in Genesis 3 is not just a historical event. It is a profound reflection of our daily struggles. It is a masterclass in psychological manipulation. It reveals how our loves become disordered. We learn to desire the wrong things for what seem like… Read More Disordered Loves: The Subtle Art of Deception