Anything can become an idol. Your idols, my idols…they usually don’t start out as bad things. Most of us aren’t practicing witches or...

I’ve found the secret. Do you know the secret? In full disclosure, I’m just now learning about the secret. The secret of being content....

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone always pays. This Memorial Day, I’m thankful for those that laid down their lives so I...

We all have the ability to stir. We can stir the pot, stir up heated arguments & stir up each other in both positive & negative ways....

Both. I want to see both. Understanding and Passion. Intellect and Feeling. Now is not the time for the church to be divided over the...

Although He was a son, He learned obedience through what He suffered. Hebrews 5:8. My ooof verse of the day. I often wonder what the...

There’s so much woe in our country over race. So many things to address, fix, understand and recalibrate on. But I, as a white man,...

I remember being young and thinking ‘What’s good about Jesus dying? Why do we call it Good Friday when it’s so sad?’ I hadn’t had the...

3 years ago today I was a different man. I had just been released from jail and was facing the hardest battle of my life. I remember the...

Demons are popular. At least in the movies. Who can forget The Exorcist series or the myriad of other possession based films. It’s a...

Iced in. Quarantined. And I have a problem. I don’t know how to be bored. I think we’re all bad at being bored in today’s world. ...

Normalize the Spiritual: God Still Speaks The nature of the God of the Bible is to reveal Himself to us. From the very beginning, God...

We love spiritual stuff, or at least the idea of being spiritual ourselves. Movies and TV Shows about the spiritual realm and the...

Today, I thought I’d let the words of my daughter (11) speak. Her words remind me that, as parents, there’s no greater joy and nothing of...

God pummeled me last night with a simple phrase, “Your wife doesn’t owe you anything.” God 1. Jerod 0. Our small group has been talking...

This is my happy place. What’s your happy place? — I’ve been on the struggle bus a little lately because my happy place has been more...

Comparison is the enemy of joy. We’ve heard the quote many times that’s often attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. (Remember when presidents...

Sometimes I think we’ve just got it all backwards. The crux of our faith is a man laying down His life for undeserving people. It’s the...