I got a phone call on Wednesday that blew me away. A guy called me to apologize for something he had publicly written about me over two years ago. As he apologized I played it off as if I had totally forgotten about what he had said. But in my moments of doubt and insecurity [...]

One of my ministry heroes has always been Chuck Swindoll. I’ve listened to his sermons on and off since I was in college.  One time I heard him say… “There will be people in your life who, basically, want to worship you. In their eyes you can do no wrong. They put you up on [...]

Sometimes I just laugh at the goofy criticism people direct at me. I mean do people really think they can accurately  sum up my entire theology  by reading into a statement I made on twitter that consists of less than 140 characters or by taking one blog post completely out of context? Here’s a couple [...]

One of the highlights of Catalyst for me last week was listening to Chuck Swindoll preach. I’ve listened to his sermons since I was in college.  He shared with us the leadership lessons he’s learned over the decades of his ministry. One of his points which really stuck out with me was his thoughts about [...]

So, yesterday I received one of those nasty (at least in my opinion) comments on the blog. Criticism is nothing new in my life. I’ve been in ministry since I was 18 years old and it’s kind of always been around. Over the years people have publicly applauded how I’ve handled it, but to be [...]

I have been thinking about a post on the topic of criticizing one another and then I read THIS POST by Mark Batterson, pastor at National Community Church in D.C. that summed it up so well. My heart has been really heavy lately as I have watched Christians absolutely destroy one another. I just don’t [...]

Monday mornings are always a scary time for me. I know I’m going to be sorting through tons of e-mails in regard to my weekend message. I enjoy getting the feedback and sometimes going deeper with the conversations, but as you might imagine, I receive my fair share of nasty e-mails. However, every once in [...]