Merry Christmas! Hopefully you have been warming yourself up with some hot chocolate, devouring Christmas cookies, and enjoying carols on the radio.  Here in Seattle, it’s rainier than ever, and I arrive to work every morning with wet socks, but I like to imagine it’s snow.  I’m even almost done with my Christmas shopping. This … More Christmas

Hey, friends. Life happens in seasons.  Ecclesiastes in the Bible tells us that there is indeed a time for everything: for laughter, for sorrow.. for success, for loss.  We would be fantasizing (albeit a lovely fantasy) to imagine that our lives would be nothing but smiles and vigor and cheer. For those of us serving … More Hard Seasons

One thing I say frequently to our church, to our church leaders, and to various worship leaders and teams that I partner with is “if we get too far away from the Person and work of Christ, then we’ve simply gotten too far away.” Sometimes we may feel that we “graduate” from talking about the … More The Cross of Christ

“…I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age.  Amen (so let it be)” (Matthew 28:20). Those words of Jesus are so profound.  They are the last recorded words of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew, and what a great note to … More An Everyday God