Finding My Purpose

Last week I got the opportunity to speak at our college ministry at my church. What I talked about there ties in a lot to my passion for this blog – the fact that we’re here to impact the people around us, and despite often feeling ill-equipped or unqualified to make that impact, we stillContinue reading “Finding My Purpose”

Breaking Barriers

Over the last several years, reading has become a staple in my life. Specifically, I’ve made it a point to read things that challenge me to grow or change or expand my knowledge or outlook in some way. I do read some things just for fun as well, so I’m not saying fiction is aContinue reading “Breaking Barriers”

Book Review – The Prodigal Prophet

In The Prodigal Prophet, Timothy Keller brings the story of Jonah forward and points out a number of insights that really are remarkable. The breakdown of the book of Jonah given in the introduction, alongside a concise parallel of the book of Jonah with the story of the prodigal son, left me wondering how in theContinue reading “Book Review – The Prodigal Prophet”

becoming better

A little while back while doing some research I found this article which states that the rational part of the brain, the part that we use to judge the long-term effects of a decision, doesn’t fully develop until around the age of twenty-five. Here’s another article with some good word-pictures stating the same thing. ThisContinue reading “becoming better”

YOUR CHURCH NEEDS YOU

I’ve had this part of Moses’ story on my mind lately. In Exodus 18:13-23 Moses and the Israelites had already been delivered from Egypt, and Moses’ father-in-law Jethro was visiting. When Jethro came, he saw Moses seated all day with the people lined up in front of him. They would come to him with disputesContinue reading “YOUR CHURCH NEEDS YOU”