Month: October 2009

How do you measure spiritual growth as a follower of Jesus? This is not as easy as it sounds. How do you know if someone is becoming more like Jesus? Traditionally, churches have looked at participation and behavior as metrics. Participation measu… →

Most discussions about Biblical issues in Christian circles fall into one of three categories: (1) soteriology — that is the discussion of salvation; (2) ethics — that is, how then shall we live in light of salvation; and (3) irrelevant and sill… →

Derek WebbI have been a big Derek Webb fan for a numbers of years now. My friend Ethan Pierse turned me on to him a long time ago. I loved him when he played at UCONN a few years ago, sponsored by RUF. One of the things I appreciate about him is t… →

A few weeks ago I had a chance to connect again with the former governor of Connecticut, John G. Rowland. I first met Gov. Rowland over a year ago at a conference we were both attending at Saddleback Church in Orange County, CA. Rowland was the sp… →

For the past several years, my prayer life has been primarily conversational. To some who read this blog, that might sound strange, but it really is like an ongoing 2-way conversation. For the past 5 months, I have been having weekly counseling se… →

Here are the weekly accountability questions we use in our Men’s Accountability & Recovery small group. Because the questions were generally written for married heterosexual men, I’ve adjusted them for myself and to be a bit more inclusive: 1. Hav… →

I have been attending a really good men’s accountability and recovery small group for the past 4 months. A few people have been asking me what we do when we get together. We pray, we share what’s going in our lives, we study scripture. We also are… →

I recently listened to this sermon from Rob Bell… you’ve got to listen to it! This is simply great teaching. I would love to hear your thoughts! Click here to download the message. →

Yesterday I posted here about how until there is some degree of relational reconciliation. A couple people have suggested to me that I should just move on and not worry about it. Others have wondered why I care so much about being reconciled both … →

A lot of people ask me “are you happy?” or will say “it sounds like you are happy… that is good.” Am I happy? To be perfectly honest with you, I am not happy. Now I am not sure life is really meant to be about the pursuit of happiness and I am q… →