Noticing the Person of Peace

I thought that this would be an appropriate place to share where God has been leading us lately. We are strongly convinced that we need to share our story and knowledge with other churches around the country. Our fellowship began over ten years ago with a belief that church was supposed to be different. Instead of focusing out ourselves the…

All of us enjoy a good story, but what is it that makes a story good? I suppose that's an entirely subjective question, one that if I knew the answer to I'd be writing screenplays or books instead of this blog!

But I don't think I'd be too far off the mark if I were to say that most

people are drawn to a couple of specific things. Most people love

hero's. They inspire us with their courage and their "never say die"

attitude. It's their charisma, confidence, leadership and…

When asked about his taste in music, Ray Charles was once quoted as saying,

"There's only two kinds of music, those kinds being good and bad"

and that's a statement to which I wholeheartedly agree!

I'm not a big fan of most Christian music,…

It's quite amazing to me how much insight the seemingly insignificant objects and circumstances of our lives have to offer us if we'll just stop for a moment to look and listen. Like word pictures on a life size

screen they patiently wait for us to pull focus on them to impart to us

their message.

Last week I…

If ever I were to write my life story, this would probably end up being the title.

What does "that" really mean?

That my life has been characterized by my feeling that I'm a square peg trying to fit into a round hole.

That as a square peg in a land full of round holes you will do…

in his new book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream, author David Platt exposes many ways in which the American dream and American ideals are contrary to the gospel. One American myth that he exposes is that we can do anything on our own through hard work and American ingenuity. He…

In his new book, Planting Churches in the 21st Century, Stuart Murray begins by talking about the move that some have tried to make away from the term "church planting," as for some, this has seemed too human planned and even imperialistic. This came from the observation that…

Just now I was sitting down, eating a bowl of cereal, when the doorbell rang. I got up to see who it was, and I saw a very formally dressed family. Interesting, it was a white wife and an African-American husband, with a cute little 6 or 7 year old son. I could read the word "Watchtower" on the top of one of their materials, and so I knew that they were Jehovah's Witnesses.…