Middle School and the Good Life
Is it possible to experience The Good Life while sleeping on a tile floor on a deflated air mattress in the basement of a church, leading a group of middle school students 24/7 for a whole week? I stand to confess that yes, it is possible–not easy–but...
Speaking the Truth in Love
Paul’s definition of maturity and unity in the body of Christ is the ability to speak the truth in love. Truth without love is cold, harsh, and often cruel. Love without truth is sentimental and often enabling.
Saved by Suffering
I invite you to meditate on this image. I drew it during my studies in Missional Theology a few years ago. It came to mind today as another convergence of ideas came upon me. Yesterday I listened to The Homebrewed Christianity podcast with Greg Boyd. Tripp Fuller...
Illustrations for Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk
We preached about conflict in our Good Life Series yesterday. I decided to get really practical and walk the congregation through the steps of LUV Talk as I learned them from the Smalley Institute. Here is the illustrated guide. Please note that I did not get...
MindMap for Sermon on Differences-Conflict
This week we are talking about how to deal with Conflict. This is the mind map I sketched to think through the sermon. I will not use this actual image in the sermon, but I have illustrated Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk. I decided to get really practical and offer the...
A Sermon on Emotions from the Good Life Series
This sermon is part of our summer worship series: The Good Life. We explore how to process emotions in the church. All of our emotions are a good gift from God. We need to have a safe space to process them as we carry each other’s burdens and do life together....
Faith in Christ OR Faith of Christ
Study this simple drawing for a moment. I drew it quickly this morning in response to three things that converged on me during my quiet time. We are talking about Differences in the sermon this weekend, so that has been on my mind all week and formed the lens for the...
