I believe one of the most obvious challenges in contemporary Christianity is we mistakenly assume that information automatically translates into transformation. However, knowing something is true does not in and of itself ensure that the truth will make a significant difference in our lives. James 1:22-25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so [...]

  Growing up I had a Sunday School teacher that was quite fond of reminding us that we were all a work in progress. While I can’t absolutely prove it I’m pretty sure she had a song that went a long with this concept. I really wish spiritual transformation wasn’t such a process. I’m tired [...]

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 by [...]

Welcome back to Continue The Conversation where we take a snippet of Sunday’s message and create a conversations out of it. This weekend we continued our new series entitled SYNC. In this series we are talking about spiritual transformation. Yesterday, I talked about the importance of solitude and the dangers of hurry. I had to [...]

One of the downsides to preaching is the lack of participation. I can’t stand to be a talking head. So, one of the things I want to try to do on the blog is to take a part of Sunday’s message to discuss here. This is a great opportunity for you guys to interact, comment, [...]