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 [...]

“When Chris Beall, my new star worship leader, confessed to me that he’d been unfaithful to his wife Cindy—I could have vomited on the spot. Overwhelming emotions flooded my heart. Shock. Disappointment. Anger. Sadness. Questions pelted my mind like hail smashing against a sidewalk during a storm? How did this happen? Why didn’t I see it? [...]

If there is anything that can drive kids into a peak of frustration it’s hearing their parents say the dreaded words, “Wait and see.” “Dad can we play video games later?” “We’ll wait and see.” “Dad is it going to snow?” “There’s a chance, we’ll have to wait and see.” “Dad can we go sledding?” [...]

I’ll admit that at times I have a hard time trusting certain people. I generally develop my feelings of distrust after someone has done something intentionally or unintentionally that makes me question their character. And let’s be honest, if you’re in any kind of relationship with someone long enough from time to time they’re going [...]

Few things are as thrilling as having a front row seat to watch people take steps of faith and trust God in new ways.  Here’s just one of many incredible stories from Faith, Hope and Love. Meet Christina. She’s a graduate student who just took one HUGE step of faith. Pete, I wanted to write [...]

As a father I feel as if I have the responsibility to teach my boys a lot of different things. Here’s just a few I’ve been thinking of… How to ride a bike. How to shave. How to tie a tie. How to dribble a ball. How to love people you don’t like. How to [...]

We’re in a series entitled Faith, Hope & Love at Cross Point where we’ve been looking at how God uses our faith to increase our intimacy and trust with Him. As usual I’ve found myself in the middle of struggling with the very topic I’m in the midst of teaching about. I’ve got a situation [...]

We just got back from our Cross Point fall staff retreat. I’m very blessed these days to serve along side  19 of the best people I know. God has done some amazing things through this group of people over the past few years. I’m proud to call them colleagues, friends and most importantly family. During [...]

We’ve been in this series at Cross Point entitled Baggage. We’ve been talking about the emotional baggage we all carry from relationship to relationship. This baggage keeps us from loving in the way we’ve been called and created to love. Yesterday we talked about the baggage of betrayal and abandonment. We all have a trust-meter. [...]