Musings

I just finished reading The Four Loves by CS Lewis. He never fails to fascinate me. Listen to this and tell me he's not describing you with the precision of a surgeon with a scalpel. No sooner do we believe that God loves us than there is an impulse…

Here's a new music video for the super-catchy song "Made Alive" by the Mars Hill band, Citizens. Dig it!

If you're as big of a fan of free music as I am, you'll want to know about Page CXVI (a local band from Boulder) and their jubilee during the month of March, in which they're giving away their entire catalog for free! Not only that, but they're…

About two months before I got married last summer I remember running into an older lady I knew only at a very shallow level. We exchanged a few pleasantries and when I told her about my upcoming wedding she burst out, "Oh! That's so exciting! Are you…

Evangelism. The word, as a general rule, strikes a note of distaste into everyone's hearts. Christians hate doing it and non-Christians hate when Christians do it. So whether we admit it or not, the truth is that most of us Christians figure out…

It's not knowing ABOUT God, it's about KNOWING God, or so the folk theology goes today. It's not about religion, it's about relationship. However you slice the pie, it's something we're incredibly concerned with today. Such pop preaching has arisen…

This is a really interesting animated short film made using both computer animation and hand-drawn animation. Give it a watch!

"Tom doesn't need our worn out clichés. Tom needs the truth of the gospel message packaged in the unwavering love of the messenger. Tom needs to be invited into our homes, with his husband and kids, where a great steak, some good wine is waiting on…

If you need a fun little soundtrack for this gray Saturday afternoon, hop on over to Bandcamp and listen/download "Where Eyes Don't Go" by The Gray Havens. It's a wonderful little EP that's free for now!

I started following Jared Wilson a few years ago at his blog, Gospel-Driven Church, when I first got hired on with my church as a college pastor. I had felt a bit frantic, not knowing what on earth I was doing. I scavenged the internet for resources…