What I learned from the Youth Pastor Summit

Now, you might be expecting me to share all of the profound insights from the various speakers who spoke at the conference.  But, I’m not going to do that.  Not because I didn’t learn anything because I did, but because they said it a lot better than I ever could.  As I was walking through the…

Johnny Can’t Preach…Because He Can’t Write.

This chapter is exactly why I started a blog.  Most of us don’t struggle with expressing ourselves.  Most of us can carry a conversation just fine.  But I would be willing to bet that if you were asked to write out your thoughts in a grammatically and structurally sound paragraph or two it might be…

Johnny Can’t Preach – Chapter 2

This chapter, which was one of the shorter ones in an already short book, was particularly eye-opening.  The premise of the chapter is that there is a skill in reading.  Much of the time, most individuals read for the purposes of simply gleaning information.  I say “simply” because there isn’t much skill involved in reading…

Mit Romney, Scott Brown and my sister?!?

So, if you know my sister this is relevant (if not, then disregard this post), but my sister works in D.C. and was hanging out with Mit Romney, Scott Brown and several others at a Republican get together several days ago.  And being the gregarious and savvy woman that she is she managed to make national…

Living in the Big Good Story

This is an audio file from Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he speaks about family discipleship.  I have listened to some of it and will listen to the remainder of it later, but suffice it to say, if Dr. Jones has anything to do with it, it’s going…