Following Jesus into College and Beyond

On October 19th, Zondervan Publishing, who owns Youth Specialties (YS) made a leadership change announcement. Long time YS president and leadership member Mark Oestreicher was released from employment for future strategic reasons...

If you missed it, I preached a sermon on Our Not So Invisible Struggle at Foothills Bible Church on Halloween/Short-term Missions weekend (Oct.31/Nov.1). Here were my main points and you can listen below to Ephesians 6:10-20...

Levi and Lillian...Lara and Mocha...

+ + =Question: What do Holloween, Short-Term Missions and Ephesians 6:10-20 have in common? Answer: "Our Not so Invisible Struggle". This coming weekend (Oct.31/Nov.1) I get the honor (Thank you FBC elders!) of preaching during Foothills Bible Church's Short-Term Missions Emphasis Weekend...

"The men that will change [the world] are the men that will spend the most time alone with God. It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His Truth. You ask me, How much time? I do not know...

Scientists have discovered a huge (that is the biggest understatement of my life) ring around the planet Saturn. It would take 1 Billion (with a 'B') earths to fill it. The ring starts 3.7 Million miles (with an 'M') away from Saturn. This is a supersized (onion) ring! Did I say it was HUGE!...

The many faces of our youngest daughter Lara...the cutest 2-year-old on the planet!

Hey friends who are following the Intergenerational Ministry Conversation, I am narrowing my chapters down for the book I am writing with Zondervan. You have already begun to see what I am pondering (Click here if not), but what do you think of the following themes or chapters for the book...

I discovered a new (but probably old) webpage called Wordle where you can produce the following picture with any set of words. I plugged in my blog address and this is what it came up with. I am grateful that God is the biggest! Check it out! Thanks Craig E. for posting this to your blog...