Prayer of Alignment

God, tune my heart to all You are in me. Spirit blow through me and do You work through me as You are doing a work in me. I don’t want to be changed but to be being changed. Help me to see that Your work in me is not finished until You bring me into the fullness...

Plan to #fail

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I’m sure everyone has heard that saying before, and chances are that many of you have experienced the consequences of not planning ahead. I tend to be the kind of person who lives in the moment, so planning ahead is not...

I Use Standard Theme

Almost a year ago I decided to make some major changes to my blog. I purchased a domain name and found a great deal for hosting through dream host. The only thing left was to find a good theme to build from as I worked on how I wanted the site to look. Then I came...

Vision of You

The discusion this week on the Journeymen Podcast is about hearing from God and whether or not He still speaks to His people today. To me the question isn’t whether He still speaks, but whether we are listening. Sometimes it’s hard to get through the...

Analytics -or- I’m a Stat Monkey

What do Alabama, Arkansas, Montana, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming have in common? 35 other countries have been the source of more hits to this web site than those 7 states combined. I don’t know what it is about these states. Maybe they are...

The Proof Starts Inside

The relation between faith, grace, and works can be difficult to understand. For the most part, Christians understand that they need to have faith in Jesus Christ. They understand that it is by grace through the death of Christ that we are forgiven of sin and through...

Communication at Work

I remember when I was a student ministry intern, I was told that email should be used for information only. Any other discussion should be face to face or  phone call at the very least. Text messages should also be for information purposes only. I have followed those...

Verizon Gets the iPhone

It seems like the big talk in technology over the past month has been about Verizon Wireless getting the iPhone 4. My thoughts on the deal are in a way reflected in the way most people talk about it. It’s not “The iPhone is getting the Verizon...

What is Christian Music?

Is there such a thing as Christian music? This is one of the questions that was posed on the Journeymen Podcast this week. I personally don’t think that music should be labeled Christian. People are Christians. Christians make up the church. Christians play...