I wasn’t surprised the first time I sat down with my Higher Ground group this summer. I asked this small group of counselors and summer leaders what one thing they wanted to be intentional about as they walked through the seven weeks of summer camp. I knew that the weeks would fly by, for them […]
Category: Diversions
Why I raise chickens: the familiar path to discipline.
On bitterly cold mornings like we had today, I ask myself, Why, again, are you raising chickens? Don’t get me wrong. I love my chickens. I love fresh eggs. But on some days, I don’t love heading out in the cold to feed and water them, gather their eggs, and tidy their coop. This morning, […]
A brief thought on marriage.
It’s too idealistic, they argue. After all, lots of marriages end in divorce; lots of people have sex outside of marriage; and lots of great kids grow up without both biological parents. So why is there such a fight to maintain the traditional view and understanding of marriage? Consider the tree. We could define a tree […]
Curriculum-dependent.
On Sunday morning, my friend stood up in front of our congregation to share a brief testimony. It was an introduction to a sermon on being salt and light. What he said blew my mind. “When I was in high school, I shared my faith. When I was in college, I shared my faith. But I […]
What we can learn from the big bad megachurch.
Maybe, just maybe, instead of just standing wide-eyed at their enormity, we should ask ourselves, What could I learn from them?