Had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the LIT conference in Nashville yesterday. It’s rare I get to speak at a conference and sleep in my own bed!! Makes me wish more conferences would move to Nashville. This was a special conference for me as I got to speak along three very special men. God [...]

By the time you read this I should be getting real close to Kolkata, India (we left late Tuesday morning). I’m taking a group from Cross Point with me to do some mission work at the school, feeding center, and church that we recently started there. I’ll be blogging along the way when I can, [...]

There’s a simple prayer I’ve been reciting a lot lately. It’s a prayer that reportedly David Brainerd (1718-1747) often prayed. Brainerd was an American missionary to the Native Americans. Even though he died at the early age of 29 God used his life in amazing ways. His prayer appropriately was… God let me make a [...]

I’ve spent a great deal of my summer study break reading about and working on my prayer life. I know it sounds weird to say that I was “working” on my prayer life but trust me, it needed work. One of several resources which was very helpful to me was a book entitled Confessions of [...]

I always learn such incredible spiritual lessons from my kids. My 6 year-old, Gage, spent the afternoon yesterday with his Nonni planting tomato plants. I heard he prayed for each plant after putting it in the ground. So I asked him, “Gage, why did you pray for the tomato plants?” He said, “Well, Dad, that’s [...]

I’ve made prayer confessions HERE and HERE before. It’s tough for me. I recently read my friend Diane’s book Confessions of a Prayer Slacker which was a tremendous help in so many ways. One of my biggest struggles with prayer is my inability to stay focused. I find my mind running in all kinds of [...]

I can’t imagine. These pictures almost look like something from a movie set.

I really work hard to not make this blog about me, but today I could really use your prayers. I’ve got several things going on which are humbling me, wrecking me and reminding me that I need to rely on God more than ever before. -I’m working with my editor to finish up my edits [...]

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 I [...]

So we’re in this Q series which has been rocking my world. This past Sunday we tried to tackle the question of “Why Is There Suffering In This World?” You can listen or watch that one HERE. This week is proving to be tougher than I thought. The main question is “Does Prayer Really Change [...]