Living as Citizens of Heaven
Where is your citizenship? For years and years, I led groups down to Mexico, across the border, to do mission work. As we were riding on the bus down to…
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What if the church were like a family?
Family How do you know how much you’re worth? When I was a kid, our family played a lot of card games. Games like War where 2 people lay down…
What makes a church a welcoming church?
What makes a church a welcoming church? Unexpected Post Game Clean Up A few weeks ago the world was captivated by what happened after a football game. I know what…
House Rules
Welcome to Our House: House Rules In our house growing up, we had a few house rules that I still remember. Things like, after school you had to do your…
Develop External Boundaries, Part 2
Rumble Strips I still remember one night, this was before Alisha & I had kids, we were on a late night road trip driving home. It was after midnight &…
Develop External Boundaries, Part 1
Junk Food, Boundaries & Technology? When I was a kid, I remember the day at school that they taught us about nutrition. They showed us a picture of the food…
Deepening Internal Values
What does our behavior say about what we value? Last week we started this series on technology at Riverside Church of Christ where I am blessed to preach. One of…
Disconnect to Connect
OFF? In 2007 the first iPhone was introduced. Now, a little more than 10 years later, everyone has an iPhone. Or maybe an Android if you’re not at Apple fan….
My Mom Rocks: A Mother’s Day Tribute
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Happy Mother’s Day! I can’t believe that almost 40 years ago, God saw fit to give me such an amazing mother. I’ve tried my best to raise her well over the…