Who Is Jesus to You?

This devotional was originally published on December 6, 2016.“Who is Jesus to you?”Billy Lansdale, one of our KidsMin leaders, posed that question to a room full of 6th graders on Sunday morning. We heard some serious, funny, and maybe slightly heretical answers come...

Presence Over Perfect

Don’t you just love when everything is going terribly in life? No? Yeah, me neither. But we have all had those times when nothing seems to go the way we want it to. We have all had those times when we were hurting, broken, and in a constant state of wondering if...

The Power Of Presence

I’m an independent person. I like to do things my way, on my time and, often times, without help. I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember. In school, I was the guy who would do the entire group project by himself, even if other people were...

After Perfect

I’m one of those people who loves the idea of eating healthy and getting more in shape. I love the idea of it. I love making a plan. I love scheduling out how it will go. But here’s my issue: the moment the plan gets messed up, I’m done. If I go to...

Know God

My wife and I have been married for just over two years. It’s been an awesome couple of years, but one of the best things has been getting to know her more. We only dated for a little over a year before we got married, so much of our first two years has been...

Immediate vs. Important

So often, most of us get distracted and forget the things that we know we should be doing, focusing instead on the things that are pressing at the time. Whether it’s with things around the house, things at work or things with the family, it’s so easy to...