My pastor shared a version of this Chinese parable on Christmas Eve and I have been thinking about it ever since. There was once a farmer in ancient China who owned a horse. “You are so lucky!” his neighbors told him, “to have a horse to pull the cart for you.” “Maybe,” the farmer replied. […]
For the past few months, I have been doing some reading and self-discovery about the Enneagram and finding my type. There are so many personality types out there that it is hard to figure out which one is best. The thing I like best about the Ennegram is that the focus is not on just […]
I recently listened to the Play And Purpose series at Crossroads Church here in Cincinnati and it has me really reflecting on things. To add to it I feel like Brian Tome‘s The Aggressive Life podcast also hit on very similar subjects. So the past week or so I have had a lot of introspection. […]
Tonight, I went to go see the movie The Drop Box, which is the story of Pastor Lee Jong-rak, a pastor in Seoul who had set up a “drop box” at the front of his church to rescue babies that would otherwise be abandoned. I had seen several emails come across my inbox advertising the movie […]
On Sunday, March 16, I spoke in my church about our spending habits. Before anyone gets nervous I want to put you at ease and let you know that I was talking primarily about our time. When I was in Haiti in February of this year as I was going through our team devotional that Northwest […]
My wife showed me this picture recently and so I Googled it and ran across the website associated with it: JesusTattoo.org. I applaud them for their efforts with the video they produced and their creativity they used in it, but I think that there should have been some more investment into making it a little more professional looking. I believe […]