Character Quest – Service
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We were made in the image of a God who works for the express purpose of performing good works of service for the benefit of others.
Faith
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Goodbye, My Friend
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I lost one of my best friends last weekend. Aaron Renner was one of the best men I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. He will be missed.
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Courage and Prayer
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I cried in church this week. If you know me very well you also know that me crying, particular in public, is a rare occurrence. My only consolation is the fact that I wasn’t the only in the congregation with damp eyes. We are deep in a series on Paul’s letter to the Philippians – after over
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I’m Building a Cathedral!
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Last month I read a fantastic business book, Start with Why, by Simon Sinek. It’s a great piece that works you through discovering and illustrating the purposes behind your business. Not what you do or how you do it, but why you do what you do. The best illustration in the book exposes a juxtaposition between two different work
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Live to Work
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When I interviewed for my current job, my boss was very clear that the company culture was one of “working to live” rather than “living to work.” On the surface that made sense and, consequently, was exactly the type of work culture I was looking for. But for all the wrong reasons. Some of my
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My Prayer
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Last weekend I had the chance to see a truly amazing concert. But what made the night even better was the remarkable woman with whom I attended the concert. Frankly, one of my best Saturday nights all year. Great music, great messages, great company, and great conversation. But that conversation was actually quite convicting. On
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Statement of Faith
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I find new ways to challenge my faith in the oddest of places. Lately, though, it was a random political conversation I had with some friends on Twitter. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you might have missed the “Occupy Wall Street” movement sweeping across America. It’s something I’ve
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Reflecting on a Decade
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Ten years ago today was picture day at my high school. Despite everything else that happened on September 11, 2001, we all still gathered in the Auxiliary Gym to take our annual year book photos. Business as usual, except for the tone that overtook the entire day. In every class we sat glued to CNN
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Patience
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I wasn’t born with an abundance of patience. As a kid, I could rarely sit still for more than 5 minutes at a time, I stayed up all night in anticipation of big events, and I’d often ask “are we there yet” before we got to the end of our street. Not an atypical story
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Perseverance
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Every now and then we all come across situations we feel are hopeless. A project is due with too soon a deadline. A work task is just beyond our realm of comfortable effort. An important appointment is endlessly rescheduled. Our finances never seem to balance income versus expenses. It can be exasperating to keep going.