Cicero Never Skipped Leg Day
I found so many great sources while doing research for the Adventure of Happiness. Here are a few of the quotes and excerpts I included in the chapter on Legs,…
Mouth Hacks
In The Adventure of Happiness I included a hack at the end of each subsection. Here are three hacks relating from the chapter on Mouth, which examines positivity and gratefulness….
Three Attitudes Towards Creation
In almost twenty years as a pastor I’ve come across three major attitudes toward Creation. There are some who feel the earth belongs to God and we should leave it…
The Awkward Group Prayer
Most leaders tend to shy away from group prayer because we feel like it’s our responsibility to ensure the prayer time isn’t awkward or lengthy. Because group prayer is almost…
Kung Fu Sex
Nowhere are societies’ idols (selfishness, preference, flaunted limitation) more confronted by Christian life than with sex. Sex can never be casual. It is either sacramental or destructive. It’s good, but…
Weird Western
I’ve been working on a scifi-western novel in my off-hours since 2013. It’s been a long process, complete with many setbacks, disappointments, and failures. The book isn’t ready yet, but…
Achievements: Idols and Icons
I have known two pilots in my short life. One flew commercial airliners in the South Pacific, and the other flew bush planes in the Arctic Circle. Both men loved…
How To Have Courage
Even in the midst of our worst fears coming true, the grace and peace of Jesus Christ are sufficient to sustain us through difficulty and deliver us out the other…
The Bible and Slavery
Urge bond-servants to be subject to their own masters in everything. Titus 2.9 When translating Titus, we made an important editorial decision that must now be addressed. We changed…
Levels of Friendship
You don’t find friends; you make friends. When I moved away from my childhood home, I had to re-learn friendship—something I had previously taken for granted—and begin investing in others…