The Part of the Easter Story You’ve Never Heard

The Part of the Easter Story You’ve Never Heard

All of us have moments in our life when we have allowed our ego to get the best of us.  We feel mistreated, so we lash out.  Usually, the lashing out is simply fear in disguise, and is an attempt to protect ourselves from shame or humiliation.  It’s a defense...
The Story in Our Scars

The Story in Our Scars

In 8th grade, my friends and I had this weird obsession with mosh-pits.  If you are unfamiliar with what that is, it’s when you go to a rock concert and people start zealously banging into each other from the aggression of the music.  They were tons of fun as a young...
The Lies God Tells About Us

The Lies God Tells About Us

So there was this guy who lived a few thousand years ago.  His name was David, and he was one of the greatest leaders Israel ever had. David did a lot of amazing things for his country but he had a pretty epic failure. In 2 Samuel 11, there is a story where David ends...
What Made Me Almost Give Up on God

What Made Me Almost Give Up on God

So I’ve been in the church world for a while. Which means I’ve heard all the jargon, idioms, and cliches many of us have come to internalize into our vernacular.  The thing about following the teachings of the bible, is can become a checklist of standards to judge...
How to Confront a Friend

How to Confront a Friend

A few years ago I took some kids I was mentoring to a Young Life camp called Creekside but there was one guy in particular, who caught my attention.  He was a popular, good looking guy, who always knew what to say.  He would quote stuff from the Bible when he was...