30. Today is my 30th birthday and I have been fielding a lot of questions about how I feel. Significant marks in age, like decades, are supposed to make us feel different or at least a little more introspective. And while I’m not experiencing a third-of-my-life crisis, my introspection has led to a lot ofRead more
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They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” – Luke 24:32 After realizing they had been speaking to the resurrected Jesus, two disciples say they felt like their hearts were burning within them. The first time I heardRead more
Not many people like change. This reality is never clearer than when Facebook decides to change its layout. On Tuesday night I got home from youth group and spent some time on Facebook, to tell some students it was nice seeing them and to tell others that I missed seeing them. While traversing Zuckerberg’s socialRead more
Music is a gift from God. It’s difficult to imagine a world without music; without the singing of birds, the songs of whales or even those kids on Glee. Music isn’t solely reserved for nature and glorified karaoke, though, nerds have their piece of the melodic pie. One of the first CDs I ever boughtRead more
This fall our church is doing The Me I Want to Be for a church-wide campaign. The Me I Want to Be is a great book by John Ortberg about becoming the person God intended us to become. The campaign includes weekend messages, small group curriculum, daily Bible readings and the book itself. We kickedRead more
This weekend I went with some students to see The Lion King. Seeing it with students was a great excuse to see a kids’ movie, which I really wanted to see anyway. From the opening scene at Pride Rock, I was immediately caught up in all the nostalgia of the Disney classic. Here are someRead more