This year will be my first year to experience the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. I'm VERY excited....only taken me almost eight years to buy a ticket, but better late than never, right?? Here me out: the carnival atmosphere has a few similarities to the church atmosphere. There's always a service being provided, there are …
In my opinion, words are some of the most fascinating things that humans have ever invented. There are over 370,000 words in Mandarin Chinese, over 172,000 words in the English language, and over 171,000 words in Hindustani (which just happen to be the top three spoken languages in the world, respectively). When you were younger, …
2019 was a year of revelations for me, of heaviness and light-ness (today, that's a word). My word that I used as a lens to learn through for the year was "again". Again... I learned that my edges are still too rough. Again... I was encouraged to find that I am still passionate about loving …
Have you heard the phrase, "She's a good gift-giver," before? It's kind of a funny way to say, "She pays attention to what people like and need." I think that simply translates into: She's a good gift-sharer. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's …
Do you ever get in a deep loop when you find something interesting? I once went down a wormhole through Buddhist culture to learn that what we call a "swastika" was actually a Buddist symbol that represented infinite mercy or intellect and strength. It was Adolf Hitler that forever warped our understanding of that emblem. …
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.attributed to Abraham Lincoln 17,500 miles per hour. That's about how fast the International Space Station …
Have you ever blown a balloon up too much? The air inside of it stretches the laytex or rubber so far that it simply cannot contain it - and then it POPS! Similarly, wineskins were used to hold - you guessed it - wine. But they were a bit more temperamental. After an animal skin …
I was only in second grade on September 11, 2001. The teachers were frantic, some even turning on the box TVs in our room before turning it off again by request of the principal. There isn’t much else I remember about that day except my constant stream of questions and my mom’s lack of answers. …
In one of Andy Stanley's books (Deep and Wide), he talks about how we can go nose-blind to the ministry we're serving in. He says, "Time in erodes awareness of." If you've spent any length of time doing anything you know this to be true. Teachers, first responders, and medical professionals all have to keep …
If you're an 80s punk rock fan like I am, you should definitely pull out your air guitar and sing that title! Classic. I live in a college town that is currently experiencing what the billions of apartment complexes call "turn," where they clean up after tenants moving out and fill them with new tenants. …
