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* i originally wrote and posted this to renown on September 25, 2010 from Nairobi, Kenya . i can still remember the many emotions that sur...

One of my best friends wrote this recently literally while sitting in his car in a traffic line. He and I talk about everything - whatever t...

it seems to me as though the Church in America has become extremely moralistic. Entirely in some pockets. and i mean moralistic/moral/mora...

about a week ago my wife wrote some raw thoughts on the bombing in Boston. it was basically her reaction to the general public's reactio...

i don't like the cold -- at all. if it's in the 40s that is much too cold for me. Thankfully it's usually not too bad here in ...

just some thoughts i've had lately on the unforunate way we MISS God all the time in our world. we walk right by God and don't even ...

r u kidding me? with the cuteness... daddy's little girl, no doubt.

i originally wrote and posted this to renown on September 23, 2010 from Karima, Kenya, Africa. just reposting some thoughts from those days...

i like reading the Bible.  some people might think that's weird, but i really dig it. in fact, i would sit around and read it all th...

these are the people i dream about being a part of a church with... these are the people i want to hang with as a part of the same "c...

a couple thoughts on getting older - both from dead guys who were very wise. and both meant to make us chuckle, smirk, or at least apprecia...

i originally wrote & posted this to renown on September 21, 2010 from Kenya, Africa. just a look back at my blog posts from our time in ...

this morning i needed to get a large number of $1 bills from the bank. the ATM only gives you $20s, so i had to go inside the bank to get ...

this is the Student version of the Harlem Shake @ ridge church this week. every time i watch it i notice something new that makes me crack ...

sometimes i wonder & wrestle with the idea that i might not always have the purest motives. like am i really doing this with 100% humi...

people think a whole lot of different things when they hear the word "christian." i do too. usually not good things. i posted ...

i originally wrote & posted this to renown on September 20,2010 from Kenya, Africa. "Where someone is born should not determin...

to choose to be a part of " The Way " in the 1st century was no joke. we don't really have a concept for what how crazy rebell...

i've written many times on why i write. ( HERE , HERE , etc...) here is an awesome quote that resonated with me so deeply. & it...

most people are actors. we've been given a script by our culture, or our job, or our religious or political affiliation (or all of tho...

we're starting a new series at Ridge that i am pumped about. here's what we sent out as a little teaser/invite: if you think tho...

Yesterday was my last First day of class. that was a great feeling. this is my last semester completing a Master's Degree that i start...

yesterday was Valentine's Day & Crystal and i had an amazing day together from start to finish. i planned a lot of fun surprises ...

in the back of my mind (since i was in college) has always been an unofficial life motto = " work hard. play hard ." both are me...

i originally wrote & posted this to renown September 18, 2010. just revisiting some of our time in Kenya... [i’m thinking about only ...

this is a Jim Collins idea - that great organizations follow a "1st WHO then what" policy... 1 st get the right peeps on the b...

there's a difference between hiring and recruiting: “Hiring is what you do when you let the world know that you’re accepting applica...

i originally wrote and posted this to renown on November 18, 2010. i want to do big things with my life. i want my years on earth to count...