Share This weekend’s huge wedding between Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezinsky has brought quite the spotlight on interfaith relationships. It’s reported that Clinton a Methodist, and Mezvinsky, who is Jewish, began their new lives together with the blessing of clergy from both faiths. Now I don’t want to make this post about this particular couple [...]

Share I’m currently reading one of the most controversial books I’ve read in a while, it’s called Mere Churchianity. This book has ticked me off so many times as I’ve read through it, but it’s also convicting me along the way.  While I disagree with some of what the author says I’ve also found myself [...]

Share I’ll be the first to say I stink at prayer. I know, I know… you’re going to say “How can you stink at prayer, you’re a pastor?” I understand. I know it seems weird and trust me when I say I’m not proud of this fact. Now I’m not saying I don’t pray or [...]

Share For far too long the church has had an unhealthy and unrealistic expectation that all people should be at the same place at the same time. I love this quote from “When The Heart Waits” by Sue Monk Kidd, “If all souls developed in cookie-cutter fashion, we would have spirituality by duplication rather than [...]

Share We’re in a series entitled “Religion Lies” right now at Cross Point. Yesterday we looked at the following parable from Jesus in Luke 18…. 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10″Two men went up to the temple to pray, one [...]

Share I read something last night before bed that kept me up longer than I wanted to be up. I’m rereading parts of “The Shattered Lantern” by Ronald Rolheiser. He said… The original sin of Adam and Eve, the prototype of all sin, is presented as a failure to be receptive and grateful. Just think [...]

Share We’ve found a lot of different ways to measure spiritual formation over the years. -church attendance -clean language -dressing the part -paying for indulgences -memorizing Scripture -serving in the church There is obviously nothing inherently wrong with any of these things in and of themselves. A matter of fact some of them may be [...]

Share Every day millions of people are fighting for it. Their quest causes… marriages to explode jobs to be lost reputations to be damaged relationships to drift kids to be pushed a way And for what? All for the achievement of one of the greatest and most addictive illusions of our life: control I love [...]

Share I’ve been thinking a lot about heaven lately. I don’t know why. No big life changes, it’s just been on my mind. To be honest most of my life I’ve loved the idea of heaven, but I’m not sure I’ve ever been ready to go. As the amazing theologian Kenny Chesney says, “Everyone wants [...]

Share I had the incredible opportunity of speaking to the Lampo Group yesterday. I was absolutely blown away by the graciousness of Dave Ramsey and his entire staff. As part of my preparation I did a little research on their organization and was extremely impressed. -Over 750,000 families have now went through Financial Peace University. [...]