Let’s cut to the chase. I’m saying that I know first hand what it is like to care deeply for another man in a way that competes with the great friendships of history—the Butch and Sundance’s, the Batman and Robins, the David and Jonathans—all of them. I not only know that it is possible, I […]
READ MOREAs far as friendship goes, men are almost too easy on this one. Think of most men you know and then picture them hanging out with their friends. Got a visual? Good. What sort of images come to mind? Golf buddies? Monday night football statisticians? I call them, fescue friends. You see, where I live, […]
READ MORE1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (New King James Version) New King James Version (NKJV) Institution of the Lord’s Supper 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it […]
READ MOREWhen last we left our heroic vigilanty, he was stalking an intruder in order to do great harm to him, her, it. Let’s resume our story from whence we left it… “Did you close the fireplace Flue?†she asked. “What? What on earth does that have to do with the price of coffee mugs in […]
READ MOREThis has actually bugged me since I was just a pint sized shaver. It was back then that I noticed that a lot of ‘Christian’ men seemed to go to great extremes to lead the planet in wimpiness (they might refer to it as meekness, which, biblically speaking is fine, but for a lot of […]
READ MOREOk, ok, so it’s not exactly King Arthur, but it was pretty awesome nonetheless. In fact, the round table event I just returned from tonight (Thursday, May 24th) was more awesome than its medevil predecessor because this round table was a group of 12 pastors who are helping to change the world for Christ! I’m […]
READ MOREIf you’ve ever been to Southbrook Church then you know we have the greatest musical talent around. Seriously, I’ve been to A LOT of churches (forget churches, I can throw in concerts, TV and American Idol for that matter) and have yet to see this much talent in one place! Southbrook has more than 7 […]
READ MOREAhh, r-e-l-i-g-i-o-n. Doesn’t the word just give you warm fuzzies all over? Few things can make you feel more pure joy than this, right? Maybe Disneyworld? Nope, religion’s more fun! What about denomination? Ok, ok, that’s another fun one but that wasn’t really fair since denominations are sort of like religion’s evil twin brother. How […]
READ MOREI’ve just finished teaching my gazillenth membership class at Southbrook. What a great group! I can honestly tell you that it never gets old and the people tell me that they love it every time. I wonder if they know that it’s as fun for me as it is for them. Know why? Because every time […]
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