The Discipline of Simplicity Today

When you sit back and think about how our lives are supposed to be easier today than they were even 20 years ago do you laugh? Look at what we have become as a society. We run here and there have our kids enrolled in every sport or activity known to man. We can drive, [...]

The Real Salt Life

I want to write this not as a person who has learned this lesson well and can attest to living it completely and fully, but as a fellow traveler and a student who is still learning the lesson.

From before time as we know it began God knew what the human condition would be. He [...]

What Happened To Christian Simplicity?

I guess asking that question while writing on a computer that cost me $600 is absurd. But I want to challenge you to look around and see if you are living life more abundantly by the world’s standards or by God’s standards. If we were to send some of the American standard get [...]

Things You Already Know About The Church… Part 3

if we are to put our focus on Christ and his mission for us here on earth we need to stop focusing on ourselves and what we want church to be. It does not matter if the church is emerging, contemporary, or liturgical if the people in it are focused on what they need and not the mission of Christ then the church is failing.

You See What You Want To…

You may hear regularly that we are bombarded with information and advertisements. However marketers know that you see what you want to. If you set up a website and want to advertise you find out that the banner ads on a [...]