Jesus knew who He was. He didn’t have anything to prove to anyone. He did miracles and wonders to establish His divinity, not to show off or say, “Hey, look at Me.” He deflected glory…

For those old enough to remember getting something in the mail other than political ads or credit card offers, think back to yourself as a high school senior running to the mailbox looking for a…

If you look up “radical” in the dictionary, one of the definitions reads “very different from the usual or traditional.” Different, extreme, and countercultural are among the synonyms. So, when we get asked the question,…

Occasionally, we get a mildly panicked phone call from a concerned church leader. Some of their groups aren’t working out as expected. After asking a few questions, we almost always uncover two primary symptoms, and…

As mentors, we know our mentees are going to make mistakes. So our goal isn’t to help them avoid mistakes altogether but to help them avoid the mistakes we made and at least make different…

Orange County is home to some of the best surfing in the continental United States. Decades ago, the Beach Boys and Hollywood helped make these California beaches popular and helped the sport of surfing take…

Interpreters take information from one context and turn it into usable, helpful information in another.  Parents are interpreters. They help their kids interpret what’s happening around them. Kids come into the world without a clue,…

When something is hard to understand, incredibly complex, high powered with high potential, it usually takes an example or application or utility for it to be understood. When the guys at Bell Labs invented the…

Many of us probably have experience with both travel agents and tour guides, but have you ever considered the differences between the two… The Travel Agent – Sits behind a desk and provides recommendations, shares…

The basic premise of mentoring is to show mentees not just how to do something but also how to be something. Hopefully, during the mentoring season, mentees will have seen some of Jesus in their…