Living With Grace

As the title of this post suggests, I’ve decided to pontificate a little about Living With Grace. I suppose more specifically I will focus on living with God’s grace in your life. It may sound silly to you at first, but this is something I’ve struggled with in my life a lot. I mean, only [...]

Childlike Faith

A few weeks ago I was in a store and saw a father and son playing. The father would pick up his son, toss him up just above his hands and catch him mid-air with the child laughing with delight at each toss. This scene gave me two thoughts: my first thought was a memory [...]

Change

Some people say that they would not change anything in their lives if given the opportunity.  I don’t think I’m one of those people.  See, I’ve done plenty that I regret.  When I look back over my life, I think of periods that I wish I could remove.  Periods when I was away from God, [...]

Fallen Heroes

In this world there are many heroes.  People idolize sports figures, actors, singers, and even pastors.  However, everyone in this world falls.  The higher the pedestal a person is put on, the further from grace that person falls when he or she fails.  It’s human nature to place certain people with talents above others in [...]

Growth

Growth, this is what most churches talk about.  How many people can they get into the door?  Ministry only grows during this time of year, and during that time you can expect to have low numbers is what they say.  Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of status quo.  I’m tired of [...]

Heart

You know, many people in the sports world are talented, but not all have heart.  See, those with heart are the ones who inspire.  They are the ones who no matter the situation are doing all they can to be the best at what they do.  Olympic athletes have heart.  They sacrifice time and money [...]

New Year, New Opportunity

Well, it’s a new year, and everyone knows what that means, it’s time to break your resolutions!  I love the beginning of each new year.  It is a chance for a new start, an opportunity for change, another year for things to be different, goals to be met, and our lives to change.  Even though [...]

Entertainment

We all love entertainment.  Who doesn’t love a good movie?  I love the movies.  I like movies so much that this past summer I saw every blockbuster in the theater.  I saw the epic “Dark Knight” 4 times!  Man, thinking back on it, I may have given cinema a bit too much money!  That notwithstanding, [...]

Christmas

I love Christmas!  Always have.  I’m one of those people who can listen to Christmas music in June.  It doesn’t matter to me that it’s 100 degrees outside, if I’m in the A/C and listening to Jingle Bells, somehow I imagine that it’s 40 degrees outside and I’m about to spread some holiday cheer.  I [...]

Typical

I don’t know about you, but I hate stereotypes.  You simply cannot group people together accurately by using broad generalizations.  The problem, however, is a stereotype is grown out of many people acting the same way over a long time.  Christianity has become stereotyped in this day and age.  Listen to some with an opposing [...]