We sang Amazing Grace in church this week. A couple of lines struck me new . . . ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that…

Growing up Baptist means you grow up to become ‘lost.’ And it’s not just me, it’s lost family members and lost neighbors. In fact, it’s a category . . . ‘the lost.’ It all makes…

I spend a lot of time thinking about the future. Always have. I have that ‘planner’ thing going on . . . always thinking about “what if we . . .” and “wonder what would…

We recently hung out with a church that held a special ‘membership night.’ They offered baptisms on the spot, dunking almost 600 people in an amazing, up-lifting service. People cheering, tears and snot-bubbles, all genuine…

Way too much of Christianity is focused on the past. All of us talk about the ‘old rugged cross’ like it’s the end-point instead of the beginning. I believe we’re missing out on a huge…

If there’s one thing everyone agrees on, it’s that suffering is awful. Jesus-followers, unbelievers, atheists, agnostics . . . pretty much every sane person loathes suffering. Since the beginning of recorded history, people have engaged…

Today’s post is from my ‘net-out’ of With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani. We highly recommend this book! A short little book by a guy with a weird name has rocked…

So how does one move from thin faith to thick faith? Through evaluated experience – To have faith in someone, I have to trust them. That means I take a chance on them and then…

Most of my friends hail from the South. As kids, we were taken to church where we were to behave and pay attention. When we reached “the age of accountability,” (whatever that was), we were…

On Christmas Eve, my granddaughters placed the cookies and milk by the fireplace with their traditional note for Santa. But this one was a little different . . .            “My sister and I would…