Christian Living

Christianity and Eating Disorders

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I’m pleased to have a guest post from Karen Hyckenberg on the relationship between Christianity and eating disorders. In the excellent article Going Outside the

Four Prayer Items

I learned these from Dave Kraft, who learned them from someone else. Pray for four things: * purity (versus sexual sin) * humility (versus pride) * contentment (versus greed) * patience (versus anger) I have added these

Four Biggest Lessons

Tomorrow marks a year since I finished at Richview and began the process of planting a church. It’s been both the most exciting and the most difficult year of my ministry so

Do Not Be Afraid to Fail

My friend Paul Martin interviewed me on his blog the other day. Paul asked a great question: “Do you think the plant might fail and are you personally prepared for that?” The reality

Relentless

Tom Haines, the church planting director in my denomination’s region, uses a word a lot: relentless. It’s a quality that’s necessary in planting a church, probably because it’s a