There’s a new book out entitled Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It) by Robert Lupton. I haven’t read the book (I do plan on reading it as I think this is a very important topic)  so I’m not really sure where Lupton is going, but he’s [...]

Well, you guys know how much I love Christmas, but this is early even for me. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help it. Just hear me out on my reasoning. Every year when I take the tree down I always wish I had just a few more weeks. I’m never “over it.” And [...]

In life there are nappers and those who wish they were nappers. My wife is a napper. I wish I was a napper. I try. I love the concept (especially in the fall and winter) but no matter how tired I am the best I can ever hope for is a 15 minute power nap. [...]

  I hate to see Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lion leader for more than 45 years, go down like this. I mean “JoePa” as he’s often referred to, has won 409 games — a Division 1 record — and two national championships. I hate this for him. I really do. But you know what? I [...]

Every day I run into people that seem paralyzed by fear. Some of you are afraid…. Your marriage will never be what you long for it to be. You’ll never get married. You’ll never have children. You’ll just have one dead end job after another. You’ll never get out of debt. You’ll never really be [...]

This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at our Cross Point Student Ministries Fall Retreat, called Aftermath. I’ll be honest. I get more nervous speaking to students than just about any other group. I love them, they just kind of intimidate me. Before my Friday night session an impromptu “dance off” broke out. [...]

  While I know many don’t have a real positive outlook on the future of traditional publishing, I’m still a huge fan. I’m sure the models will be tweaked, maybe even totally transformed, over the next few years but I still think there’s a future for printed books. This should also be the place to [...]

I don’t know about you guys but I’ve had a crazy week. My incredible wife has been out of town all week which means I’ve been playing Mr. Mom. Despite forgetting to give baths until the end of the week and eating lots of frozen pizza we’ve survived. No broken bones or blood and the [...]

So apparently this week is Pornography Awareness Week. I know this because I stumbled across an article last night by Dr. Marty Klein a sex therapist who believes we should use this week not to warn of the dangers of pornography but to actually celebrate it. He offered 14 different ways you can observe the [...]

As you guys know I rarely, if ever, get political. So with that in mind I hope you won’t find this post political. I don’t really care about politics. I don’t really care if you’re a republican or democrat or who you voted for in the last election. But, like many of you I’ve been [...]