I want to lose 10 or 15 pounds and I know what I have to do. I should exercise quite a bit more and eat a little less. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if I chose to do those simple things, and then did them, I would lose the weight. I [...]

Last week at the Q Gathering in New York City, artist Makoto Fujimura spoke to us on the topic “Beauty in Culture.” Fujimura’s words were formed and shaped as gently and organically as his visual art, and I found myself sort of lingering on certain phrases and sentences, trying to capture everything within them. I [...]

I’ve been intrigued by cussing. It’s been interesting to see how words with spiritual origins like “damn” and “hell” have, for a long, long time, been everyday cuss words. And names of deity have been “biggies” on the cuss-word chart, right up there with the F-word and N-word. An interesting intermingling of profanities [...]

Luke 23:34 ~ “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’”

I just have a lot of questions about this verse. I invite you into the questions, and I hope you might have some answers or more questions to add in the comments below:

Who is them? Was he just [...]

This Sunday, at the Crossing we will join an ancient tradition, designed and set aside by God to bring His people together for something really significant. We’ll be coming together in a Sacred Assembly, a common occurrence in the Old Testament (go here to view a bible search of “sacred Assembly: www.biblegateway.com ). [...]

I don’t want to come across as critical of other Christians as they do their best to serve God. So, as I write this, it’s not in a cynical “this-is-wrong-for-everyone” kind of a tone. It’s in a “this-seems-not-ideal-to-me” vein. I’m not judging others as much as I’m figuring out what I should do and [...]

This is a participative blog entry. Please feel free to click on the “comments” link to add your own opinion to mine. My hope is that we can create a better sense of direction collectively than any of us can on our own!

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There seems to be a general dissatisfaction with the worship environments that young [...]

I was flipping through the September/October issue of Relevant Magazine last night, just kind of visually sampling the articles and looking at the pictures…okay, I was just looking at the pictures…

I was about three-quarters of the way through it and I flipped over to pages 66 and 67. I couldn’t believe what I saw! I [...]

It’s been raining for what seems like several days in a row and I’ve been keeping a pretty careful watch on our basement. Nice basement. Finished. Carpeted. Full bathroom. Bose entertainment system. Wii gaming system. Leather couches. Washer & dryer. Furnace, etc.

It rained all night last night and three times I got up during the [...]

In last week?s post, I said this: ?if we want to know God?s will for the church as a body, we need to pray as a community?together?often. If we want to know what God wants, we need to get past our awkwardness about prayer and come together and converse with Him, expecting that He will [...]