Think Like Jesus

what it means to be Christian

  • The Difference Friends Make

    Have you recently considered the impact that friendships have on your life? I was thinking about it this week as I said goodbye to a group of friends that I have been learning with for almost a year. Last year at our denominational district conference a group of us decided to form a Learning Community Read more

  • Where Does Vision Come From?

    As fall arrives and we enter a new ministry year I have been contemplating this question… where does vision come from? It often seems that the blind are leading the blind. No direction. Or worse… different directions and no forward movement. So what of it? I have been wrestling with this idea by looking at Read more

  • All I Really Needed to Know I Learned On the Daily Show

    Some people watch television to unplug and relax. Others watch to plug in and be informed. I watch for reasons all my own… and very different ones at that. Jon Stewart is a culturist (as I attempt to be). He offers more than comedy. He gives nightly social commentary. And whether you agree with him Read more

  • The Parable of the Deer

    This may or may not be meaningful to you. Personally, I’m not much of an outdoorsman. On a recent 1500 mile trip I was overwhelmed by the powerful imagery of (and similarity between) the way I found myself watching for deer and the ways in which I seek people who are not-yet-Christian. This story will Read more

  • What’s In A Name?

    I have an extreme fascination with words. The words I choose say so much about who I am. How I think… or fail to. The longer I live the more carefully I choose my words. I realize that they are very powerful for encouragement or harm. So why the blog name change? Some of you Read more

  • Shifting Gears

    A few years ago now I had to sell the first brand new car we ever purchased… and that made the decision even more difficult. Looking back, the thing I miss most about that car is that it was a stick shift. Now those of you who have only ever driven automatic transmission cars may Read more

  • Jesus In the Laundry

    My first admission is a sad one. I will just get it out of the way so you can all curse me… and then hopefully be able to hear the rest of my thoughts. I don’t do laundry. I’m not sexist. I don’t think it’s “my wife’s job”. It has just always (almost 14 years Read more

  • The Murderer In All of Us

    Two recent news items have drawn my attention to thoughts about murder. The first was the pastor’s wife who shot her husband and the second was the largest mass murder in US history, the tragedy at Virginia Tech. In many ways they were the typical American family. All smiles… and matching outfits… and horror that Read more

  • Baseball and the Resurrection

    My two favorite events happen every springtime: celebrating the opening of another season of baseball and celebrating the resurrection of Christ (not necessarily in that order). In fact, they are definitely not in that order. What could baseball possibly have in common with the most important event in history? You might be surprised. Both events Read more

  • Amazing Indeed

    This past Sunday night I took a group of high school students to watch the movie Amazing Grace… which is essentially the life story of William Wilberforce. Quite frankly, I did not know much about Wilberforce’s legacy until I began studying up so I could let students know about why we were seeing this movie. Read more

  • Freedom!

    I love being a teacher! Almost every time I open God’s Word to teach students I receive much more than I could possibly give. This week as I prepared for my 2 talks that I would present Sunday I was struck by the similarities in theme. The irony is that they did not come from Read more

  • Wrestling with Violence

    Vengeance… how can something that feels so good be so wrong? Recently I have been debating with many well-meaning Christians on the whole just-war concept… they usually speak as if this were a biblical term. I am struggling with war as a solution for many reasons: 1. I do not find war to be a Read more