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The Best Books I Read in 2018
Second to last day in 2018. That means lists. I am going to do a two-parter here. Part 1: the best book I read in 2018. Part 2: a few books you should read in 2019. I love finding out what books people are reading. Novels, non-fiction, theology, cookbooks, books students read to get an…
Read MoreThat Guy I Forgot on the Plane Last Year
I am waiting in LAX right now for a flight to Phoenix. A golf trip for three days with some friends. It’s an annual time away. Fun to hang, golf, laugh, and pray together for our families. As I sit here, I was reminded of something significant that happened this time last year. I was…
Read MoreLove Does Indeed
I am presently at a conference called THRIVE in Northern California, hosted by Bayside Church. Yesterday Bob Goff of Love Does fame spoke. Here is his deal if you don’t know. He is one of the most inspiring people you could ever meet. I had the privilege of hanging out with him a couple of years ago…
Read MoreAre All Religions True?
One of the things modern people often say about different religions is that ‘they are all basically the same’: they teach about being a good person, about a higher being of some sort, but all lead to the same place – just different paths to the same thing. While this position sounds good, we must…
Read MoreHow You Can Change in 2017
This is long post. I like to write four or five paragraph blog posts because I know our attention spans are short, but I also wanted all of this info in one spot. So here is a post that I think will be helpful for the New Year! The best book I read this year…
Read MoreOvercoming the Monster: What Story Are You Telling?
In Christopher Booker’s book The Seven Basic Plots, he outlines the fact that every story we tell ourselves as human beings – since the beginning of time, whether around the campfire or in a big budget superhero movie – all fit into seven basic categories: 1 – Overcoming the Monster – The protagonist sets out to defeat an…
Read MoreQ & A Monday: Why do we lose our faith because of suffering?
“I’m having a very hard time. There is this pain I’m struggling with regarding how logical my brain is and the pain I see around me… It literally keeps me up at night struggling to hold onto my own faith.” -Ian Preamble Thanks for the honest question Ian. These are some of the deepest waters…
Read MoreTwo Thoughts on Prayer
The other day I was pondering the deep difference between our public and private lives – loving God in public versus loving God just because he is God. A couple of major ideas hit me around the same time. The first was from Charles Spurgeon. He pointed out that Jesus taught his disciples not to…
Read MoreWhy Church Leaders Need To Stop Hanging Out With Each Other
It is pure invention that popes, bishops, priests, and monks are to be called the ‘spiritual estate’; princes, lords, artisans and farmers the ‘temporal estate’. That is a fine bit of lying and hypocrisy. -Martin Luther (1483-1546) I love my friends who work in churches (pastors, directors, etc.,) but I have come to realize that…
Read MoreQ & A Friday: Why does my husband lack sex-drive?
I get lots of questions sent to me from many amazing people around Canada – and even from around the world. Everything from general advice about marriage and life choices to leadership, church planting and theology. Today begins a new segment on this blog, which is that I am going to answer one of these…
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