3 Ways Googling Hinders Your Growth and Your Church
Every day, I turn on my phone and scroll for wisdom. Sometimes it comes from friends that are friends in real life. Other times it comes from my carefully curated experts. There are some I go to for...
View ArticleYou Don’t Need a Passport to Reach the Nations
I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see,...
View ArticleWhy Counter-Formation is at the Heart of Discipleship
“My job is to understand how people behave. Once I understand that, I can change how they behave.” This is what my friend told me over dinner recently. He works high up at one of the most prestigious...
View ArticleTelling the Old Story in a World that Craves the New
The world jumps over itself for what’s edgy, new, and creative. Yet for believers, we have an old and unchanging story to tell. The tension between innovation and tradition is not a new conversation...
View ArticleDon’t Settle for the Spotlight
Light gets our attention. Our eyes are naturally drawn to it. The warm, illuminating effects of light beckon us to come closer. We become curious to see what the light frames for our eyes. Our interest...
View Article10 Ways Phones Can be Used for Our Good and God’s Glory
Am I the only who feels this way? I wondered for the umpteenth time. I was in the midst of a conversation with friends lamenting their iPhones. The complaints were familiar: our smartphones make us...
View ArticleHow to Put Out a Dumpster Fire
A dumpster fire is like porn: it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it. Fortunately, Merriam-Webster is here to help. Its lexicographers added the term to the dictionary this year, calling...
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Happiness in High Fidelity
Vanity of vanities. What’s the point? Nothing matters. How is this possible? How can things that initially seem so enjoyable and look so good end up being so unsatisfying in the end? In the Sermon on...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Be Busy to Belong
One evening when reading our dinner devotional book, I read about the Feast of Trumpets, a once-a-year event when the Israelites were called (literally) to repentance. The trumpet would sound and...
View ArticleUnity in an Age of Division
Our church hosted a “Unity Forum” after the 2016 elections. I’ll never forget it. Pittsburgh is one city that often feels more like two. There’s Old Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh of the steel industry,...
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