Should I Record or Livestream? A Guide for Small and Medium Sized Churches
Covid-19 has forced many churches to shut their doors for the foreseeable future, forcing church leaders to embrace digital technology in an effort to continue offering corporate worship, and to remain connected to their congregations…
Shades of Grey
It has become apparent to me that everyone around me knows everything. They all know what’s right and wrong, good and evil. They know what the mayor or the governor or the president needs to do. They know exactly what is best for themselves, the people around them, and the world as a whole…
The God-Shimmer
Where have you seen God?
This is a fairly common question you may be asked at church, especially in a small group setting. In fact, this question was regularly asked at many of the church functions and events I was a part of growing up—from youth and college ministries to mission trips.
The Sounds of Prayer
What does prayer sound like?
I invite you to think about that for a minute—it’s not exactly a normal question. Normally when we reflect on prayer, the questions become: what is prayer? Or how do we pray?
Resolutions
It’s February, which means for a lot of us it’s about that time of year when all of our New Year's resolutions are abandoned and forgotten. We stopped going to the gym weeks ago…
Beauty in Imperfection
How do you define perfection? Think about that for a minute.
Merriam-Webster defines the state of being ‘perfect’ in three different ways: freedom from fault or defect, maturity, and the quality or state of being saintly…
Reflections - 2019
So I started a business in 2019. I did the thing.
This past March I left my nice, secure full-time ministry position at an amazing church to follow this crazy calling God placed in my heart to start an independent church media ministry.
The Minister
We are all called to be ministers—inside the local church, and outside its walls. What that ministry looks like is unique to each of us. Our ministry is determined by our God given gifts and talents as well as the places where we spend our time…
Taste and See - Christian Mindfulness
On January 12, 2007 on a Washington D.C. subway platform, something amazing and beautiful happened. Over the course of about 45 minutes, the famous concert violinist Joshua Bell performed several classical masterpieces for everyone present. Thousands of people had the opportunity to enjoy a free concert that normally…
The Mask
The beautiful thing about figurative language is how it can capture a person’s imagination, and how it can serve as an invitation to a different way of understanding something particularly abstract through the use of symbolism. Figurative language is also the only way to describe the indescribable.
The Language of Worship
How do you see the world?
There is a well-known Indian fable called “The Blind Men and the Elephant.” In this story, six different blind men each encounter an elephant, and being blind, they try to identify the elephant through touch.
What is Worship?
What is Christian worship?
You may try to answer that question with how you worship. “I worship by singing with a praise band and lifting my arms high in the air.” “I worship by singing from a hymnal with an organ and choir.” I worship by…
The Beauty of Grief
In September of 2016, NBC released a new TV series that would become one of the most watched and loved series on television. It was called “This Is Us.” Maybe you’ve heard of it?