Practical Discipleship
How To Become A Resilient Jesus-Follower
If you find yourself dealing with rejection or bad circumstances, it can be difficult to be resilient. But through Jesus it’s possible!
Do You Feel Stuck? You’re Not Alone!
Feeling stuck is a hard place to be. Not know what decisions you need to make is even more difficult. So how do we wait on God?
Don’t Look Back: Giving Up Failure For Your Kingdom Purpose
Are you wasting your Kingdom purpose by focusing on past failures? Is Jesus a cruel Messiah? Let’s take a look!
Be The Light Of Jesus (No Matter How Big Or Small Your Influence Is)
Being the Light of Jesus means operating out of the fruits of the Spirit no matter where we are and no matter how many people we influence.
New Year, New You? It’s More Than That
We keep hearing: “New Year, New You.” For followers of Jesus, we actually get to become a new creation. Here are 7 ways to live that new life.
Cutting Off Bad Fruit
Realizing we need to make changes to our lives isn’t easy. In fact, it’s downright hard! But Jesus calls us to do it to remain in Him.
I Surrender Some: How To Practically Trust God
Many of us have sang “I Surrender All” but do we really mean it? Trusting God isn’t easy but it can be practical.
3 Ways To Become An Empathetic Servant-Leader
If you want to become an empathetic servant-leader you have to sit out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to serve other people.
5 1/2 Suggestions For Your Online Church
What can your online church look like as we move into more months of quarantine? Here are my suggestions as a 31-year-old milennial.
Why 3 Songs And A Sermon Do Not Work For Me
Have you ever heard it said, “Because you know how hard it is to connect with other people on Sunday”? Why are we even doing church that way then?
Is It Okay To Be Angry With God?
Have you ever wondered if it’s a sin to be angry with God? Have you ever been angry with God yourself? Let’s talk about it!
Denomination Frustration: Whose Kingdom Are We Building?
While denominations should be building the Kingdom of God, too often they are busy building their own kingdoms. What’s going on and how can we fix it?
You Are Not Alone: Doubts, Burnout, And Questioning Your Faith
Did you know that you are not alone? When you struggle with doubts, questions, and burnout in your faith, know that Jesus is right there with you.
How Do You Worship When You Don’t Like The Music?
How do you worship when you don’t like the worship music? Is it too loud? Is the theology weird? Here are four steps to help you worship God even when you don’t like the music.
The Start of a New Season
Start of a New Season: When I was 6 years old, according to my Mom, I stood in the West Washington Methodist Church and said I wanted to be a Pastor.
An Open Letter To High School Grads
Congratulations! You did it! Whether you are going to a college or have decided that going into debt just isn’t for you, you have done an amazing thing: you have graduated from High School and you deserve to celebrate! Over these next few months things are going to...
Failing, Failures & Forgiveness
Dan Smith says, "Failing is not just for failures, failing is for everyone. Failures just have more experience." Click here to watch it. What is your biggest failure in life? What is your smallest failure in life? If you had the ability to go back and change one...
7 1/2 Things The Post-Modern Church Needs To Learn
***Disclaimer: Being a pastor, student, etc. means I have to disclaim everything I say because people are easily offended. So this is my disclaimer: you’re going to be offended. But that’s not the goal here. The goal of this post is to challenge you to think outside...
