Orphan Care Conference

As a new senior pastor I have experienced many joys and many burdens.  Sometime soon I’ll write about this, but for now I want to draw your attention to one specific burden that has been on my heart months prior to the birth of my first daughter Lucianne (who we adopted almost 15 months ago).  The specific…

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…