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My first serving role at church wasn’t exactly glamorous. I wasn’t preaching. I wasn’t leading worship. I wasn’t making big decisions. I was a door greeter. Basically, I was a glorified doorstop. I stood there holding the door, giving high fives, throwing out fist bumps...

  For twenty years, I served in the United States Air Force, and when people found that out, I would often get some version of the same question: “Oh, were you a pilot?” I never took offense to it even though I wasn’t. But it makes sense. When most people think about the...

Imagine sitting across from your spouse one evening after a long week.  You’ve been working hard. Paying the bills. Taking care of the house. Running kids to practices. Showing up where you're supposed to show up. Then your spouse looks at you and says: "I know you're here...but I...

I couldn’t get to Him on my own. I’d heard the news. Jesus was back in town. And people were saying the same things again … He’s healing people … He’s different … You’ve got to see Him. But for me, just getting across the room was a struggle...

John, one of Jesus’ closest friends, was there for all of it. He stood near the cross when Jesus was crucified. He helped care for Jesus’ mother in those final moments. He heard Jesus say the words, “It is finished.” Now imagine the story through John’s eyes for a...

We’re not short on voices in our lives.The real challenge is figuring out which ones deserve to shape us. Every day, voices compete for our attention. Your phone buzzes. Your calendar fills up. Someone’s opinion sticks with you longer than it should. That inner critic shows up on...

I wish I could say my Christmas homecoming in 2007 looked like something out of a Hallmark movie. You know … the surprise return on Christmas Eve, the snow falling perfectly, and the family reunion that makes everyone cry happy tears. I wish I could say that was my story. But it...

For most of my life, I lived with a scoreboard in my head. It was as if I was always being graded…constantly evaluated, compared, and measured. That mindset kept me striving for worth instead of resting in it. Life became less about living freely and faithfully and more about proving...

I didn’t learn to ride a bike as a kid.There, I said it. And as I got older, that fact got more and more embarrassing. It started as a simple gap in my childhood…no one around to teach me, no one really pushing me to try. But over time, that little thing turned into fear. A shame I...

I recently returned from a family beach trip. One of those trips filled with sunshine, sandy snacks, fruity drinks, and that deep kind of joy you only get by watching your kids and grandkids play in the waves. But the thing that stuck with me the most wasn’t the ocean or the food. It was...