Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic
Brian Ford, a friend of mine and a fellow Deep and Wide youth ministry advocate, is having a great discussion on his blog about whether or not high school sports are interfering with teenagers growing deeper spiritually. Check it out here and join the conversation!
On a plane ride back to Denver this week John Musil, one of our Dare 2 Share staff members, had a huge opportunity and he took it. He was sitting next to one of Barack Obama’s staff members (I’m not going to tell you who) and got into a spiritual conversation. For those of you […]
I think I just saw Neil Diamond in line at Starbucks here in Columbus, Ohio. He was Coming to America with a Grande Vanilla latte. I didn’t know for sure whether or not it was him but as I glanced down at the local paper,The Columbus Dispatch, sure enought his mug was right there on […]
I love the gospel of grace. Actually to say “gospel of grace” is kind of redundant. The gospel is grace and grace is the gospel. But there are so many adulterated versions of the “gospel” out there that you kind of have to qualify which gospel you are talking about. I’ll never forget having an […]
Too many times, too many Christians talk, talk, talk about transforming the next generation but there are few who actually do it. Just last week I was doing a fundraising meeting with about thirty people and asked the question, “How are teenagers viewed by the average church in America?”
One girl (who couldn’t have been more […]
This weekend I’ll be preaching at my “new” home church Northern Hills Christian Church. Debbie and I have been going here since February or so and we love it. Although Grace Church will always be close to my heart we felt it was time to have a fresh start somewhere else. After ten years as […]
This “article” is from an old “Stier Straight” article I wrote three or so years ago. Somebody brought it up the other day and it made me smile. Maybe it will give you a giggle today.
What is it with the body of Christ and bumper stickers? Seriously - how many people do you think will […]
Pray for us as we have our entire leadership team at Dare 2 Share in the mountains for two days of big picture strategic planning. Ask God on our behalf to grant wisdom, unity and focus!
Yesterday I decided to take my kids on a long hike at Golden Gate State Park in the Rocky Mountains of my home state Colorado. Now Jeremy, my seven year old, has been on a bunch of hikes with me and is pretty used to toughing it out on a trail. He knows that if […]
Last weekend my son and daughter played the obligatory roles of ring bearer and flower girl in my nephew’s wedding in Des Moines. I barely made it there on Saturday morning after flight delays from Seattle into Chicago and then missing my connection (of course on the other side of Chicago O’Hare from where the […]
