I spent 13 years of my life in student ministry and I loved every single one of those years. As a student pastor, you get a front row seat to watch the Holy Spirit work in magnificent and sweeping ways in the lives of your students. Yet, it wasn’t just the students that God was […]
I am excited to announce that I have a 13 day devotional, patterned after my book Endure, that is now available on the Bible app. This is a devotion that I wrote as an answer to the world of short-term fixes that we live in. This devotion focuses on a God who works on an […]
I have been a Christ follower for more than two decades now and I’d say that for those 20+ years that I have been characterized as a guy who has been “pro-life.” I’ve been someone who says that life begins in the womb and needs to be protected. Our family strongly supports adoption as my […]
I stepped into suffering at birth. My physical body is a billboard for my pain. This has brought mocking, cruel jokes, stares, and the constant feeling that I am not like anyone else that I meet. I have never been able to hide. Many people can bury their pain, but my heartache is written all […]
Everything about the ministry that God has given me is about pointing others to the grace God has shown me throughout the course of my life. In doing so, I pray that God will challenge believers to use their lives, their words and their story for the glory of God. I hope this glimpse of […]
When I run for exercise, quitting seems like a valid option about 90 percent of the time. Who in their right mind would want to put themselves through something like this? The sweating, the burning lungs, the sore legs—it is all awful. We could say the same thing about being a disciple of Jesus. Who […]
I can’t wait to get this book in your hands (or feet) soon! Endure is not another academic book that explores all sorts of thoughts and ideas without being personally helpful and practical. I have broken this book up into 10 practical chapters that you can live out now while also giving you 3 chapters of […]
January is a month centered around the sanctity of human life and the pro-life movement. Many churches across the United States have a “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday” where pastors will share why the church is for the sanctity of human life and how people can the congregation can be practically pro-life. Two of the […]
I will never forget when I got my first cell phone as a teenager. It was a gray Motorola flip phone that looked less like a phone and more like a stone. It was gigantic by today’s phone standards but it served the simple purpose of being a way to connect to my parents […]
There was a time when I was convinced that I was never cut out for pastoral ministry. For starters, I am a natural introvert. I struggle in large social settings and I am often drained after spending significant time with more than a few people. Secondly, I could not stand the thought of preaching to […]
