I just finished a book called, “The Shack.” For the 3 of you out there who haven’t gotten around to reading it, or just plain, don’t read—it’s a book about encountering the God of the universe in a very real way at an old, beaten down shack. Now, before some of you late night, armchair […]
READ MOREI just finished a book called, “The Shack.†For the 3 of you out there who haven’t gotten around to reading it, or just plain, don’t read—it’s a book about encountering the God of the universe in a very real way at an old, beaten down shack. Now, before some of you late night, armchair […]
READ MOREIs it OK for Christ followers to simply, ‘Disappear without Dialogue?’ Or, as I heard a friend put it the other day, ‘Bail without Conversation?’ I’m referring to handling conflict via the silent treatment. One of the most popular reactions to tension and hurt is to simply, ‘write people off.’ You know, cut […]
READ MOREI think I’ll head on over to Southbrook Monroe this weekend. Not to just sit and soak—those guys don’t believe in that over there. No, I want to preach to the gang over there LIVE. I realized that I won’t have many opportunities like this, so, I thought, why not? Why not, indeed? The more […]
READ MOREWe began our new series, “Heroes†today. Moses was the first character and I think a lot of us struggle thinking he’s either Charlten Hesston from the Cecil B. DeMille movie, “The Ten Commandments,†or, the wirey, prank-pulling, eternally young Moses of, “Prince of Egypt†animated fame. But there’s one thing missing form each of […]
READ MOREIt was sooooo good to be back tonight. I even resisted the urge to keep on preaching into the night! We kicked off our “Heroes” series this evening as well with a message on Moses entitled, “The Breaking of a Leader.” Hopefully it was easy to see that heroic things are still possible today when […]
READ MOREI have been pacing like a caged animal of late. I really miss preaching and all the Southbrook family! I usually take about a month away every summer to gear up for the Fall, but the entire “One Prayer” series has actually extended my time away from the pulpit. AAAaaauuuggghhh!!!! There, I’m glad I got […]
READ MORELast year I did my first ever Mini Triathlon. This event consisted of a little over a third of a mile swim, a 10 mile bike and a 3 mile run. You might recall that last year I also decided to run the entire event 24 hours before the official race. That will go down […]
READ MORESince most of us aren’t seeing a whole lot on the outside of the new building, I thought I’d give you an update on the inside. Right now we are in the dry-waling stage and most of the stone and cinder-block work is now complete. The stage is already defined and even the giant 20 […]
READ MOREI know, I know. I already wrapped this one up. But I just got finished reading an article that should have blown what little remained of the doors off skepticism about Jesus but instead, has just hardened the ancestors of ancient spin masters. You can read the article I refer to here. It’s an article […]
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