Sometimes I complain about being a pastor. There are times when I have Elijah moments (1 Kings 19:1-18). I feel depressed and whine to God about how I don’t have the strength to keep going. I think, if we are honest, we…
Do you ever get through the end of yet another busy day, look back, and just wonder, “What in the world did I even accomplish?” I’ve been there so many different times where life gets so crazy, your schedule gets…
A 12 Week Guide to Accomplish Your Goals and Grow Your Faith Do you ever get to the end of another busy day, look back, and wonder what you actually accomplished? If you’re like most people, your day consists of…
The picture above is me with my two Super Bowl rings and one NFC Championship ring. The smaller ones are from the Super Bowls XXXI and XXXII (1997 and 1998) during the Brett Favre era. We won in ’97 and…
Of all the spiritual habits that Christians have practiced for thousands of years, none may be more important than Bible reading. Only through the instruction of the Bible can we understand the ways and the will of God. While the…
I’m not an emotional guy. My wife would attest that I can be emotionally dense. So I often don’t understand why I have feelings (or even that I have them at all) until much later. One of the major things…
A recent Pew Research Center poll titled “Why Americans Go (and Don’t Go) to Religious Services” caught my attention this week. There’s a lot of information, but here’s what I gleaned from it: Among adults who attend church services at…
When I first became a pastor, I knew that performing weddings was part of the job. But nobody ever taught me how to do it in Bible college. You’d think that would be a requirement. So when a young couple…
I took two attempts to finish seminary. My first attempt was short-lived because I didn’t set myself up for success. In my second attempt, I graduated with honors. In my first attempt, I dropped out in the first semester because…