Think Like Jesus

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Spiritual Progress

  • The Entire Truth

    In a performance-based Christianity it usually goes something like this: the better I do, the better I am. The more I do things that are pleasing to God, the more He loves me and is pleased with me. The more I read Scripture and the more I experience my own pains and mistakes in life Read more

  • Mr. Everything

    I was recently in the company of guy who seemed to be that impressive individual who could do it all exceptionally well. You know the type. They star on the football team, date the prettiest girl in school, get all A’s without trying and for their 16th birthday receive the keys to a brand new Read more

  • The Spirit of Thanksgiving

    I guess I’ve always been a pretty thankful person… generally speaking. OK, I don’t even know what that means… pretty thankful? Generally speaking? Who am I kidding? For most of my life I have struggled giving thanks to anyone for anything. I’m a do-it-yourself kind of guy. I’d like to think that I work hard and Read more

  • Mustard Seed Faith

    I have been a person of faith (in the generic sense) for a long time… most of my life actually. I was and am the son of a preacher man. This did not guarantee my faith, but it did contribute to my proximity to the stuff of faith. I heard stories from the Scriptures and Read more

  • Why I Read

    Unless you don’t know me very well yet you probably know that I am a book geek… no, really… I am. It has always been that way. For the last 4 years or so I have upped the ante even by my own standards. I’ve been reading at least a book each week. An honest Read more

  • The One Man Show

    Say what you wish about the most recent demise (there have been others) of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In my opinion LeBron James is certainly one of the greatest players of all time. He is an incredible talent that can do it all… or can he? If you mean do it all in terms of versatility… Read more

  • A Lesson from the Deaf

    At my church growing up we had a ministry to the hearing impaired. Incidentally that ministry (which used to consist of a signer during church services) has expanded over the years & now they have a pastor who oversees ministry to the deaf). I said all of that to say that I was privileged to Read more

  • A Question About Giving Money to Churches

    Recently a friend who was contemplating giving money to Process Church wanted to know about giving in general. She asked questions about what percentage of money to give… do I figure the percentage from my gross pay or from my net… does it all have to go to my own church? Here was my response to Read more

  • Why I Left the Fundamentalism of My Youth

    This is not a rant. I’m not angry about anything. This is my story. The fact is… I have waited more than 10 years to write it. I do so now because of the repeated inquiries of others. I write at the risk of being misunderstood. I write with the hope that I may help Read more

  • I Cannot See the Bottom Line

    A friend of mine is my optometrist. I always enjoy going because it’s another chance to see John and catch up with what’s going on in our lives. The only part of the visit I do not necessarily care for is the exam involving the eye chart. One of the questions on said exam goes Read more

  • Running In Circles

    Most things cycle. Watch fashion fads. Things hip & cool today are really only borrowed things from another era. Trends are trendy… and really it doesn’t make much sense to keep re-inventing the wheel. So new is never as new as we want to believe. It’s just new to us. So even our lives have Read more

  • Spiritual Progress – Core Value #5

    It was Socrates who said, “the life unexamined is not worth living.” Could he possibly have known how right he was? People want purpose. Why am I here? Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose Driven Life has been on the New York Times Best Seller List every week since 2002. As much as we value Read more