Who Brought The Chocolate Covered Chocolate?

Maybe you’re fine with the state-of-the-church (insert the hundreds of reports, studies, interviews, books, articles, etc. painting a rather bleak picture). I’m not. I’m looking for a new way to think about Church. A new way of being the Church. Brian Swanson, a good friend and a great student ministry leader, shared a metaphor for […]

Joplin…Hope Lives

Nearly one year ago, a tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. Over 150 died in the storm. Thousands lost homes, jobs, property. Everyone you talk to can share a story of the death and devastation that took place. Today, some of our friends from Joplin made the two-hour trip to Woods Chapel to say “Thank you […]

Jesus the Techie

I’m sitting in a global “coffee” chain. It’s probably the closest thing we have to a community well…a gathering place for folks to come and hang out and soak up some “community’. Some have called such gathering spots Third Places. (Mark Batterson introduced me to the concept of Third Places. Check out his thoughts here […]