Category Archives: Random Thoughts

I don’t want to be a Pharisee. Self-righteous. Legalistic. Prideful. Cold. Mistaking tradition for God’s truth. The Pharisees were the perennial critics of Jesus during His ministry on earth. You say the word “Pharisee” and most people with a smidgen … Continue reading →

I woke up to the news that 71 people had been shot at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado. 12 of them have died. How do you process such news? 12 people dead. I can only imagine moms, dads, friends, … Continue reading →

From June 4-12, sixteen of us from Community Bible Church took a short term mission trip to Guatemala. It was an eye-opening, faith-stretching, physically-tiring, emotionally-draining, group-unifying, spiritually-satisfying experience stuffed into eight days. I have been on short term mission trips … Continue reading →

When I was in junior high, I actually wrote a country song. I was stuck on a church bus for several hours going on a trip and I started making up and singing some goofy country song. I called it … Continue reading →

With the political season starting to heat up, it seems good to remember these words from the apostle Peter in 1 Peter 2:13-17. 13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as … Continue reading →