A Plan To Fail – Part 1

I’ve got a plan – let’s go fail! It’ll be great fun. Promise. Are you in? What? You mean THAT enthusiastic pitch didn’t sell you on the idea of failing? But why not? We do it all the time – minus the excitement and enthusiasm beforehand… “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin […]

Scars, Birthmarks, & Handicaps (We All Have Them)

We all have our scars, don’t we. Some scars are kinda fun actually, like little badges of honor that prove we’ve played hard in life! Maybe you have a scar that acts as a teleport back into some adventure that you relive over and over again whenever somebody asks about it. I have a scar […]

The Gospel: Presented by Disney’s Frozen

Quick, let’s play a game! I say a word or phrase and you say the first thing that comes to your mind.  Let it go, let it go… Did you say “Frozen”?Ding, ding, ding – correct! Do you wanna build a snowman?… Did you say “Frozen”?Ding, ding, ding – you win again! Olaff. “Frozen”?Yip, you […]

Stay In Your Lane

Do YOU have any reoccurring dreams? Say, for example, the one about camping on the moon (always super fun!) but after getting into your sleeping bag you start sliding off the moon into oblivion (not super fun)…  No? You haven’t had that one? Hmm, weird. I have – like EIGHT times! Well, what about the […]

May I Interrupt?

In this crazy busy world of constant stimulation we can all get caught in the trap of blurred vision and narrowed perspective… not to mention exhaustion. Moms can unintentionally spend more time checking messages and reminders on their phone than looking into the eyes of their children. Husbands pseudo listen as their wives talk about […]

The Day In Between

Good Friday.We take a day to reflect and honor what Christ endured on the cross.His suffering, His death. Resurrection Sunday.We celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead. But what about that day in between? Saturday.What was going on that day? Journey with me for a second… back in time…about 2000 years ago. Generations had longed […]

The Great Paradox

It’s scandalous. It’s mind-boggling. It’s completely backwards. It doesn’t make sense. …until it does. No, I am not talking about this. Because we all agree the dress is ivory and gold…  …I mean purple and brown…  I mean blue and black. No, I’m talking about the dress. I’m talking about THIS. God’s word. Enduring forever. […]