For many years I had people recommend this book to me. It wasn't until 2019 that I finally bought a copy. Prior to 2015, the idea of reading really old books by really old dead people (outside of the Bible of course) sounded incredibly boring. I think back on this now with regret that I passively ...

My wife and I for the past month have been tip-toeing through this book while having our minds melted with each chapter we finish. To be honest, this is a book that I would never have considered reading just a few years ago just as we began to sense a migration of our theology. In fact, the Bible ...

A few months ago, the kind folks at the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) offered me (and others) an opportunity to record select passages of scripture for their ongoing podcast "One Minute With the Bible". If podcasts are your thing, I invite you ...

Last week, with the encouragement of my wife and the incredible generosity and sponsorship from a faithful friend, I took a huge step towards a new season of writing theologically rich, musically beautiful and timeless songs and hymns for the church to sing together.

International Hymn ...

Two years ago I officially became the music & media pastor at Calvary Chapel Austin; a position I had initially voiced no intention of filling when I was asked to consider it. We had recently moved from Seattle where I was blessed to serve as an elder/pastor ...

Shown below is the first verse to the song Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love.
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee , Opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of ...

It was the evening of August 29, 1993 -- 9495 days ago. I was 16 years old and standing on a dock at the entrance to the magnificent Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia, Canada with a few of my closest friends who had come to Young Life's Malibu ...

I am profoundly reminded this morning (via my 4 year old) about the kind of intimately close relationship I desire to have with Jesus. Lately Levi has been struggling any time there is a separation from me, his mom or his brother. He’s beginning to understand what it feels like when one of us isn’t ...