christianity Back to the Essentials (As My Twenties Draw to a Close) It feels like I should be closing out this second decade of my life with something meaningful, but I feel as if I’m falling short these days. What I mean is, I feel like there’s something I should be doing to commemorate
grace Exploring the Gift of Imperfection I’ll confess, the prospect of imperfection after years of the need to be perfect is not in the least enticing. It’s hard pretending that I want to be anything less than perfect most all of the time. As I said, I learned
christianity Praise Chorus: My Wife Is an Amazing Woman I woke up this morning convicted of the idea that I need to thank God for my wife. Maybe you know her, maybe you don’t. That’s beside the point. She’s an amazing woman and I’m going to shout it from
church Believing Lies Will Distract You from Purpose I’ve believed a lot of silly half-truths and lies thus far in my life. Like, when I was 5 or so, my brother and dad convinced me that I was going to spawn a watermelon from my abdomen like an alien from the
authority Authority Is the Basis for Freedom Sunday’s message at church focused on dispelling the myth that authority and freedom are mutually exclusive concepts. Naturally, I have a hard time believing these words, being deeply mistrusting of authority. However, somehow or another it clicked in my mind as I was
Breathing Prayer, Meditation and Suffocating Spirituality I know from my own life that the world just moves faster than it used to. Long gone are the days of waiting days or weeks for news or mail. Long gone are the days when people can just take off for days at
Answer Essentials of Faith: Jesus Christ I’ll admit, I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to end this series. Nothing came to mind (well, lots, but nothing great) for the last week or so. As I was looking through the posts and their topics, the
church The Vine of the Living Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. Disconnect from him and you may not die immediately, but guaranteed you'll whither over time. — Pastor Mark Driscoll (@PastorMark) June 9, 2013 Whether directly or indirectly, there’s been a lot of talk
break We All Just Need to Take a Break So, friend, how’s your Monday going? Did you have a good weekend? I’ll bet you could use a break right about now. I’ll also go so far as to assume that while your weekend was good, it hasn’t refreshed you
god Prayer Is a Way of Life Prayer in my experience always has started with some form of “Dear God” and ended with one variation of “Amen.” I’d imagine most of you have a similar experience. But, as I’ve been thinking about prayer this week (sitting on a flight
destination The Struggle for Love I have to admit, it’s been a rough week, friends. Honestly, I’m getting a little tired of looking for houses. It’s been a busy week at work and everyone around me seems a little tense. On top of it all, I’
calling Bite-Sized Questions For those of you faithful journeyers (I’m using this term henceforth), you may have been a tad alarmed when you didn’t see this post around 8AM this morning. No worries, all is well. Or, should I say things are as well as
frenetic Who Are You? Who are you? I’ll get back to that question, but first, I need to warm up to it. Here’s a completely different question: what do you do? It’s a very simple, straightforward question. Yet, every time I’m asked, it causes
desire What Do We Need In Life? What do we need in life? If actions prove our hearts, then I believe most who know me would assume I need little more than the temporal comforts and satisfaction of this world. However, this doesn’t change the fact that within me craves
Christian life Family: The Man-Made Island Family: just about everyone has one and everyone that does has to deal with some subset of idiosyncrasies. Being in Yellowstone last week with my mom’s side of it, at least 100 miles from anything, I’m sure all of ours were on
grace Live Experiences Live experiences. I’m sometimes crippled by my clunky pursuit of living a full and meaningful life. I get bogged down in searching for meaning in most everything I do. Somewhere along the line, I began to equate meaning with growing older and inherently
church Purpose Starts With Understanding Purpose starts with understanding. We all want to lead purposeful lives. No one wants to lead a dull existence that lacks direction or significance. Without understanding who we are, it’s impossible to see fully our potential for what we could be. You wouldn’
cannot succeed alone Community Is Threatening Community is threatening. I was finishing up playing for the small crowd Friday night when the words, “Who’s here to see Cameron?” rung out. An overwhelming majority of the room raised their hand and in that moment I was both humbled and amazed.
balance Imbalance Imbalance. I think if we’re honest, we all struggle with it in some fashion. I know I never seem to have enough time to do all the things I think I need to do. This imbalance leaves us tired, stretched thin, frustrated, etc.
christ It’s All So Complicated It’s all so complicated. This is life in a nutshell these days. Nothing is as simple as it seems and our stress levels only keep increasing. Something is always lurking beneath the surface, turning straightforward decisions into a complex series of calculus equations.
divine The Slowdown I’m in the middle of a startling revelation that I’d rather not deal with right now. It’s not that it’s biting or cutting to my core (actually scratch that thought, it is), but really it’s just a further awakening
expectations Expectations and Risk and Purpose, Oh My! I’m going to let you in a little on my writing process. I come up with several topics throughout each week, but forget most by the time I get the opportunity to write them down. In other words, I do most of my
attack September 11 I’m just going to come right out and say that today’s post is totally about September 11th. I’m a pretty big football fan and being the first weekend of the season, I wasn’t about to miss a minute of action
crucifixion Jesus, Last Name? I’ve spent the past couple days mulling about what I was going to focus on in this post and I think I’ve finally come to the conclusion that I want to continue my series of words that have lost their meaning with
christ Dare We Be So Bold In Love? So, acutally, I’m in the Dominican Republic currently and even still, God has found me here. To think that for even a few days I might escape Him is a joke. Even on vacation God can still answer major questions like the purpose