Tag Archives: humility

Lessons in the Wilderness

What do you picture when you hear the word wilderness? I don’t think I had ever really tried to come up with a picture in my mind until I found myself smack dab in the middle of one. I’m leaading a study tour to Israel in January and because of the time of year andContinue reading “Lessons in the Wilderness”

Nominal Christianity

We have been slowly working our way through the book of Colossians at my church. We have spent two weeks discussing Paul’s intro to his letter to the church in Colossae. This may seem a little strange to you, maybe you tend to kind of glaze over these introduction parts that Paul always starts hisContinue reading “Nominal Christianity”

Loving vs Agreeing

I just spent that past two weeks with a group of pastors and ministry leaders walking through ancient city ruins in modern day Turkey. I accidentally joined a trip that an old pastor friend had also joined but other than that, I knew no one before we met in the Chicago airport. As we allContinue reading “Loving vs Agreeing”

Wisdom’s Worth

Wisdom is a concept that seems pretty straight forward. We hear that word being used a lot in all kinds of spheres, but when I started really thinking about what it was, how I use it and how to gain more, it got slightly more cloudy for me. So I turned to the trusty googleContinue reading “Wisdom’s Worth”

Self-care vs Self-worship

I remember the first time I rode in a plane once I was old enough to actually listen and pay attention to what the flight attendants were saying. This was awhile ago, before wifi and everyone carrying around a computer in their pocket, so there wasn’t a lot to do during their safety speech besidesContinue reading “Self-care vs Self-worship”