Category: Life

Are you Radical? 2

Are you Radical?

During my recent travels to Nicaragua, I finally was able to finish reading a great book by David Platt titled Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. The timing couldn’t have been better...

Super Bowl Thoughts 0

Super Bowl Thoughts

I enjoyed watching the Super Bowl at church yesterday with great people and great food. It helped that the game was close and competitive until the end. You could tell how the game was...

Winning Isn’t Everything 1

Winning Isn’t Everything

I survived! After only running a few times this summer, I finished the Race for the Cure 5K in Charleston. My time was slow, but I finished and ran the entire way. I am...

Race For The Cure 0

Race For The Cure

I don’t ask for much here on the blog, but some things are too important not to mention. I’m getting ready to run a 5k this Saturday for a great cause. For the second...

I’m a Starbucks Idiot 4

I’m a Starbucks Idiot

I have another confession to make. When it comes to the Starbucks experience, I am a complete idiot. Jennifer loves Fivebucks Starbucks and one of the first things we usually do when visiting a...

The Hokies 2

The Hokies

I’m still frustrated at the game last night. I know this has nothing to do with theology or technology, but it’s my blog, so I can write about whatever I want to. I love...

Permission to Speak Freely 0

Permission to Speak Freely

What is it that you feel you don’t have the freedom to say in church? Too many times we act like everybody is perfect and nobody has any problems. One of the most feared...

Transforming Church in Rural America 1

Transforming Church in Rural America

I’ve been to a lot of conferences and I’ve read a lot of books, but seldom do I hear much about rural churches. We are told that we must change culture through reaching the...

The Future of Bookstores 1

The Future of Bookstores

Recently I made an interesting observation in how my shopping habits have changed. I love to read and I love hanging out in bookstores. When you find a good book and a comfortable chair...

Time for Plan B 1

Time for Plan B

I just finished reading a book by Pastor Pete Wilson titled Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn’t Show Up the Way You Thought He Would?.  It’s a book about hope in the...

Fifteen Wonderful Years 0

Fifteen Wonderful Years

The story begins twenty years ago when some of my friends convinced me to ask a sweet young lady to prom. Fast-forward through the end of high school of four years of college and...