Posts from ‘January, 2010’

This post marks the kickoff to a three-part blog series on the power of grace. But I intend on blogging about grace for a long time to come, so don’t think that I’m going to stay at three parts forever. I hope the series would rock your world and free your soul. To start, I would like [...]

If you missed Part I, you should really read it first. Now onto the second installment of a thrilling inteview with New Life Church counselor-in-residence, Tim Courtois: M: Why counseling, and why the college campus? T: Why counseling?  I’ve already mentioned that life was lonely for me growing up, and that it was a total revelation [...]

I greatly enjoy college ministry, and think that I’d get along serving college students anywhere just fine. But one of the greatest joys of laboring at New Life Church is that I’m surrounded by a staff team full of people who stretch my faith in ways that very few people on this planet do (and trust me, [...]

There are a million and one bloggers weighing in on what has transpired in Haiti’s earthquake and its aftermath. I’m not here to talk about Pat Robertson, the U.N., the Haitian government, or the relief efforts, because there are way too many people who know much more than me about all of that. Instead, I want [...]

I have a pastor friend (at H2O church at Ohio State) who is probably the world’s greatest expert in the study of mankind’s eternal longings expressed via ESPN.  High praise, I know. Most recently, he pointed me to this video as an illustration of the Church’s adoration of Christ: I have to applaud Nike for this campaign…they [...]

For those of you who don’t memorize all of my blog posts, let me remind you that StrengthsFinder calls me a futurist. That means I’m always thinking about what’s next. I think God knew about my futurist tendencies when he decided to begin calling me toward relationship with him. Not many people know this, but my [...]

  I am eternally grateful for the amazing musicians God has put at New Life Church. In so many ways, they’re the unsung heroes of our church. It might seem weird to call them the “unsung heroes”, first because “unsung” is a funny word for people who sing, but also because we generally don’t think [...]

This post is meant as a follow-up to to Empty Promises Part I, which I published about a month ago (before a hiatus for my marriage proposal and the holidays). So if you don’t remember the thoughts there, go ahead and re-read Part I if you would like this to make sense. I guess I want [...]