The Bears are struggling. It’s really not pretty at all. But, at least we get to watch Devin Hester. The dude is simple amazing. He returned another kick today which you can see here.
I was browsing his videos in YouTube and came across this old video of his from his Miami days. [...]
Just get in the playoffs. Anything can happen.
Hoping for a Chicago / Philadelphia playoff series. It would make for some fun around here. I’ve lived in Philly for 11 years so they have become my “second team” but I am Cub fan tried and true, to the death.
Is this our year, who [...]
Most of you know, we have recently adopted our son from Guatemala. It was an amazing experience. We are excited to have our son home. Unless you have adopted, you can’t even imagine what its like.
While we were down in Guatemala we met many families who were still in the process and were [...]
In our bible study last night one of the guys made the statement, “dang, the gospel keeps getting more and more radical everyday.”
I can’t tell you how encouraging it is to hear others give voice to that. I feel that the more and more that I look at the scriptures and try and get [...]
Since our family finalized our adoption and brought our adorable son Mason Carlos home from Guatemala we’ve obviously received a ton of questions about the process.
The first thing people usually ask is: “How long did it take? ”
The answer there is: A LONG TIME! We started the process in January [...]
I’m headed to Chicago tomorrow (Thursday) till Saturday. Looking forward to a friend’s wedding (a friend from highschool) as well as some time with my parents. Playing golf twice with my dad, dinner tomorrow night with my brothers and I am sure my mom and I will go out for coffee together a [...]
Yesterday I wrote about Scot McKnight’s definition of the gospel in his book embracing grace.
Today a thought came to me. Most of us probably don’t have the same exact definition in our heads that Scot presents, but we all probably have something that is similar or at least contains some similar elements. [...]
I am leading a Bible study on Wednesday nights at our church on the book by Scot McKnight called, “Embracing Grace.” In it, he defines “the gospel” as,
“The gospel is the work of God to restore humans to union with God and communion with others, in the context of a community for the [...]
This show is pretty much amazing. This three minute “preview” is just another reason why. Now, I know the shows got some innuendo… but its still amazing.
I love me some stupid humor… this show is as stupid as it gets…
Thanks Steve for posting this before me….
Unless I am out on a web design meeting or a church meeting, I work from home most days.
My office is in the basement:
When I go upstairs to get something to drink, or for lunch or for, well whatever… this is what I am greeted by:
and sometimes this…
Hmm… I think I’m pretty much enjoying [...]
At The Well, we’ve got some great volunteer opportunities that we’ve started. It’s kinda cool to know that when you search “volunteer work in feasterville pa” our website comes up first (by the way, Feasterville is the town where our church gathers)
When a church is leading this search, I think its a pretty cool [...]
I created a website for the outreach and missions ministries of Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, MN this summer. David Berge, the intern there this summer, has created a cool little video tutorial on how the website works and its features.
Check it out here
I was doing some studying for my sermon and happened across this verse again.
“We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works within me.”
Colossians 1:28-29
Man, take this [...]
At The Well, we’re spending the early part of this fall (and beyond) really calling our people to be moved with compassion for the poor and oppressed. Not only moved with compassion, but moved to action-after all, I believe from the model of Jesus we see that true compassion demands action for a response. [...]
I was reading an article on CNN this morning about Russia’s new “dad of all bombs.” Apparently, its a really, really big non-nuclear bomb. To quote CNN:
“The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” said Col.-Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief [...]
Recently I saw a bunch of theological bloggers put out their “theological confessions” and thought it was really neat to see them humble themselves and share their thoughts and struggles openly.
Taking inspiration from them, here is my list of pastoral confessions:
Even though I don’t want to, I struggle with the temptation to measure our [...]
Last night (Friday, Sept 7) three church communities (resonate, the living room and The Well) joined together in partnership with Main Street Baptist Church in Doylestown, PA to put on a community art show.
Our (unofficial) goals for this were (I say unofficial because I am just now writing down what we talked about [...]
I am a pastor and a webdesigner.
I have a four year old son (along with a 10 month old son).
Of course, said 4 year old son asks an astonishing amount of questions a day. Too many to count.
This 4 year old son now understands that his daddy [...]
Not counting those mean spammers, I get a lot of e-mail each day. If you are anything like me, you don’t read every word that comes into your inbox. Heck, if you are like me you don’t read every e-mail that comes into your inbox.
As a pastor, I weekly send [...]
I have just added a cool little store to my blog. It’s basically a catalog of all my favorite books that have influenced my thought about Christianity and the Church. Its links to Amazon.com so I get a little referral kickback from them if you buy from me. Its not a ton [...]