Month: October 2009

Last Christmas, as part of our church’s participation in The Advent Conspiracy, I preached about Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a great example of an “advent conspirator”. If you are interested, here is the sermon: I have to tell you, it is both hard and … →

The Apostle Paul reminds us in his letter to the Corinthian church that we have been “bought at a price” (1 Cor 6:20, 1 Cor 7:23). This is the image behind the the theological idea of redemption. We have literally been redeemed at a great price. G… →

As far as I can tell, there are pretty much three possible “sides” or possibilities for Christians who deal with homosexuality. Obviously this is a serious over-simplification and the issue is actually incredibly complex… but in broad strokes, o… →

Over the past four months as things have unfolded (and life kind of fell apart… just beginning to put it all back together), a lot of people openly speculated as to whether I was still a follower of Jesus. People offered to pray for my reconcili… →

I first learned and developed as a leader in the kitchen. Managing Black Tie Pizza and then running the kitchen at Saranac with Vince… it was in this context that I first discovered my leadership gifts and began developing as a leader. These ski… →

Christianity Today recently did a short review/overview of three recent documentary films exploring issues around “God and gays” (you can checkout the article here). One of the films they looked at is “Through My Eyes”, which I have seen and think… →

The past four months have been both the toughest and most painful I have ever gone through, while at the same time a season of growth (often painful growth) and increasing intimacy with Christ. And throughout, I have had good days and bad days. Ea… →

If only… then things would have been different. Sometimes we can get trapped in the “if only’s” of life. We shouldn’t. But nor should we ignore the wisdom and insight we gain from looking at them as well. I’ve been wondering a lot lately about t… →

One of the problems with sin is that we can’t control the consequences. It is a myth that there is a 1:1 ratio of sin to consequence-for-sin. The truth is that sin causes a horrific ripple effect that no one can control. That is why it is so destr… →