John Eldredge has got my number. Wild At Heart spoke to me as a man … The Way of the Wild Heart spoke to me as a father, and now Beautiful Outlaw speaks to me as a follower of this man called Jesus Christ. His book reveals the personality and nature of Jesus… at once “playful, disruptive, and extravagant.” More [...]

I have recently been personally challenged about honesty. I’m not saying I have a problem with it, but I am learning the importance of real, RAW honesty. I’m what you might call a very diplomatic and tactful person, but usually this means that I soften the real message that I need to get across to people. I’m learning that in [...]

In the past, I’ve mentioned our non-profit, “G42″ and you may have noticed “The 42nd Generation” as one of my blog categories… but I’m not sure if I’ve described what I mean by this phrase. The concept of the 42nd Generation is initially taken from Matthew chapter 1, the genealogy of Jesus Christ. If you’re like me, you’ve probably skimmed [...]

This week I was revising some notes on how to build and lead effective teams for a course I am teaching. One of the additions I made to the teaching was to look at how Jesus built his team: the disciples. I thought this would be a great example of all of the concepts that I was teaching in class, [...]

Being a military guy, I love the account of the Centurion in Matthew 8:5-10:  When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have [...]