The recent news from Boston is horrifying. As we see numerous gruesome images from the street and hear few real, relevant facts, many of us have been moved deeply by the pain of those involved. The idea that friends and family members- doing no more than cheering for their favorite marathoners- were subjected to such [...]

There are some things a pastor is excited to talk about and other things he feels forced to address. This is the latter. As the Supreme Court hears its case, and people on facebook make theirs, there is simply no escaping the issue of gay marriage. The media has bombarded us with minute-by-minute updates of [...]

When God spoke to Jacob in Genesis 28, Jacob responded in a very interesting way. Jacob, lying with his head on a rock in the dirt was visited in his sleep by the almighty, perfect, and holy God, and God, Himself, promised Jacob wonderful things despite the fact that Jacob had been a scammer and [...]

Sitting at dinner with some friends from the neighborhood, off handedly, I said, “Everyone needs a good church”. Although they are not church attenders, they let me explain what I meant. In a world where it is easier by the moment to “stay connected” to global news and distant friends through technology, it seems that [...]

“None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don’t understand but in the dream it feels as if it had some [...]

John 15- He grows as we stay close. Jesus is the vine that produces fruit (good) in our lives. God the Father prunes (corrects) us, and we as branches, are simply called to abide (stay close) to Christ. He grows as we stay close. Well, what does abiding look like when we are faced with [...]

My kids were blessed and cursed this Christmas. The blessings: The holiday was wonderful in many ways. My little guys got to sit with their lovely mother and ole dad in church on Christmas Eve. (Thanks Adam and co.) After a great church service, they ate pizza (their favorite) and watched Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tale [...]

When tragedy strikes, like it did in Connecticut today, there are many different reactions that people have. For all of us, there is an immediate flood of emotion: shock, sadness, anger, and pain. But once this initial shock of emotion wears off, we begin to try to process it. We want to make sense of [...]

In the last week or so, I can point to a couple conversations that I have had (with GBC elders) that have been really valuable to me as a man. One, specifically, was a conversation that I mentioned during Sunday’s sermon. In that conversation, I was asked (in a very loving and positive way) how [...]

Driving home from last Sunday’s church service, I received a text message on my phone. I pulled over- in a church parking lot of all places , parked the car and took a moment to read and respond to the text. Although the text was read and replied to in a matter of minutes, it [...]