(un)Complicated Ramblings (Chapter 2)

Here is the continuation of my late night (un)complicated ramblings… Let me knwo if I am stupid or if this is something that you too might be struggling with… So this is the second night in the last three days that I haven’t been able to sleep when it was already way past my bedtime. [...]

(un)Complicated Ramblings (Chapter 1)

I am alive!! I know that it has been forever since I have posted on here. In that time Kris and I said goodbye to our family in Pryor, OK and have since moved to Denver, CO. We have both been looking for jobs, getting Kris in school, and attempting to find our place in [...]

Running in flip flops…

I would like to consider myself a reasonably intelligent human being. So today (my 3rd wedding anniversary) I’m checking on movie times, running back to the car in the pouring rain and fall straight on my back with killer bruises to both of my arms. Anyway, I have taken a prescription pain pill and am [...]

Philip Jakob Spener on Scripture and the Christian Life…

This is an excellent quotation (although rather lengthy) from Pia Desideria (“Pious Longings”) by Philip Jakob Spener written in 1675. Listen to what he has to say. I think that there are some great things that we could take away from his message.         Thought should be given to the more extensive use of [...]

Can I Share My Dream with You??

I’m not sure how well I will sleep tonight. The fire that has been burning within me for months and months is hotter than ever. I feel that God is working to accomplish His will in my life and in His church. I am emboldened to start conversations that I would have considered “too lofty” [...]

My Education Model…

Hey everyone. This is something that I have been working on for a long time. Actually it all goes back to a paper I wrote back in college about religious education and church growth. That one was 75 pages (included the four appendices). But I have boiled my new model down to four pages (in [...]

Confirm Your Calling and Destination…

This is the beginning of what I hope will be some interesting and thought-provoking posts from my reflections as I write this curriculum series. It is most certainly true that you always learn more as a teacher and writer than you do as someone who receives the finished product. Perhaps this will be a great [...]

The Septuagint and Biblical Inspiration…

Just a random thought for today that might be interesting to bring up again sometime in a discussion of Bibliology (the study of the written word). How does our theology of inspiration deal with the fact that sometimes writers choose to use the Septuagint (LXX) to quote their OT texts when the Hebrew original may [...]