Becoming a Gentleman

“Everyone struggles with relationships; yet God has wired us for relationship.” This was my main idea this past Sunday as I began a teaching series at our church called, “LOST”.  It’s a series about surviving the wreckage of relationships. You can find more about it or listen online later this week on the Messages page [...]

How To Be Patient (part 3)

Make allowances for each other. Everybody has bad days. We’re all flaky from time to time. My wife knows when I’m just a little bit touchy and she makes allowances for that. She realizes those are bad days, and she cuts me some slack. I do the same for her.  We both realize that the [...]

Dramatic Change

I recently visited a church and heard the following quote by Andrew S. Grove:  “There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the Next Level of performance. Miss that moment – and you start to decline.” I found this very compelling and [...]

What Is the Right Church For You?

5 Questions to Help You Decide Looking for a new church to attend can be an uncomfortable affair. As a pastor, I rarely get an opportunity to test-drive other churches. Our church recently took a short break while we began preparing to relocate. For practical reasons we began meeting on Saturdays, so my wife and [...]

Recycled Pride

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. It seems that for me humility doesn’t often come easily. Sure, I have my share of humble thoughts. Oddly, the moment I become aware of them they seem to morph into a kind of self-righteousness where I am momentarily pleased with my [...]