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I’ve always loved roller coaster rides. That intense feeling you get when you go screaming through tight corners, or you go flying over the edge of a steep drop. That instant of weightlessness or the intense feeling of being pulled downward is so awesome. If I had to explain my life in pictures one of [...]

I’ve been reading in the news that we are in a recession. Family members and friends have been laid off as a result. But when I went to Ikea to pickup a few containers for the nursery at church on Saturday, it didn’t seem to be the case. There were huge, ridiculously huge lines of [...]

This weekend was one of those where I didn’t feel like it ever happened. Saturday was a crazy day traveling around, and my wife worked that night. Sunday was a crazy and early morning. Our church, New Life had a all-location service at Moody Bible Institute. It was a large event as all 11 locations [...]

It’s a strong statement to make, but it seems like the church today is being increasingly forgotten and irrelevant to the average American. I think many people would agree that the church today in America is not growing. Instead it seems to be rapidly becoming irrelevant and forgotten. We’ve tried to be socially relevant and [...]

This Sunday at my church, New Life Community Church (Lakeview location) here in Chicago, we started a new series entitled, “Deeper: Beyond Shallow Spirituality” Here the blurp about it on the website: There is a desire built into our humanity; a sense that there should be more than surface living. A longing that says, “I [...]

I know the title of this blog is really long, as is the address of the website, but I’m constantly finding this thought reoccuring in my personal and spiritual life. My life is upside down, it’s not following the designs I have for it, nor does it always make sense. I didn’t come to Moody [...]

I must admit, I’m prone to extremes. I’m obsessive compulsive, yet easily distracted. One day I’m bothered by how much people try to find imagery for Christ, the cross, God, etc in life or in science, and the very next day I’m seeing or thinking of it myself. Actually I just recently watched Rob Bell’s [...]

Tonight my wife and I went to a party that a friend of ours was having, and I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting much of it when I went. But it’s amazing how God works, and brings people together that you’d never expect. At the party tonight there were two other couples involved in [...]

I know I’m no different than anyone else. Lots to do and only so much time to do it in. I hope I can get the next post up sooner rather than later, but right now I’m working on getting things going for the winter quarter at New Life Community Church in Chicago for the [...]