Things that make you wonder …
On our youth retreat, I gave our students a survey. One of the questions was “Do your parents engage you in conversations about spiritual matters?” Here are their answers … Never – 9.5% of students...
Author: Mike
Wasabi Gospel: The Startling Message of Jesus
I’m excited about a new book that is coming out. Today is the big book bomb on Amazon for Shawn Wood’s new book, Wasabi Gospel: The Startling Message of Jesus. Help us get the...
An Exciting Youth Retreat
We’re taking the next two days to spend time with the youth. We’ll be having fun, but I will also be teaching during the retreat. Our retreat will be in Charlotte, where we will...
Bland, Predictable Religion
Yesterday at Cornerstone I shared a message about our freedom in Christ. In Galatians 5, Paul warns the church about two dangers, becoming enslaved to the law and becoming enslaved to sin. This morning,...
Cornerstone T-Shirts
We have some awesome new tshirts for Cornerstone. We plan on wearing them in the parade and during the July 4th activities this weekend. We got them from Shawn McCarthy at Our Shirts Don’t Suck....
Monday Reflections
I had a great weekend. Here’s a quick recap: Church Camp Friday night, I traveled with Scattered, our young adult praise team to a little Methodist church camp near the Tennessee/Virginia state line. They...
A Great Baptism Celebration
As a pastor, one of the most encouraging and uplifting events is to see people publicly proclaim their faith in Christ through baptism. I just wanted to share a few pictures from today....
Interesting New Youth Curriculum
Saw this over on Simply Youth Ministry this morning. It’s a 4-year curriculum for doing small groups in youth ministry. It looks interesting because it’s based online. You can manage your leaders and lessons...
I have returned!
Just letting you know that I am still alive. Our family has been on a short vacation for a few days. We spent a few days at the beach visiting family and getting sunburned....
A Wonderful Father’s Day
First of all, I want to share a video with you that we showed at Cornerstone this morning. Just look at the pictures of fathers and their children. You can see the joy and...
The Disappearance of God
I wanted to share some thoughts about another book I’m reading as part of the Father’s Day Blog tour. The Disappearance of God by Dr. Al Mohler is a book about culture, the church,...
