After 21 movies and 11 years, Marvel’s Cinematic Universe comes to a rousing finale* in Avengers: Endgame. It’s already a worldwide phenomenon, breaking every movie record out there, and in two weeks is already the fifth highest grossing…
The other day, one of my students acknowledged that he doesn’t use the ‘Messages’ app on his phone for texts anymore, he only connects and chats to friends through the social media messenger services. He primarily spends his…
New Year, Unchanging God Anew beginning is on the horizon! A fresh start. The old year is gone and we have rung in the new. In the past, I have dabbled in making New Year’s resolutions. Here are…
Growing up as a “good kid” who came from a “good” Christian family, I went to church regularly and was involved in my youth group. In spite of all these “good” things, I have felt a lot of…
My experience with Christian High School and College aged students is that they place a tremendous amount of stress on themselves in trying to discover “God’s will for their lives.” For example, trying to discover God’s will when…
What better way to talk about Leviticus than by starting with Matthew 5:17? “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them…”…
How often I am tempted to believe that it is up to me to fight the battles, save the lost, and heal the hurting.
Most mornings I am fortunate enough to be able to hit the snooze button once before diving headfirst into a day packed full of studying, responsibilities, and tasks. I’ll subsequently drink a few cups of coffee (a Christian’s…
Retreats. Chaos. Logistics. Long nights. Long drives. Injuries. Fond memories. That is the sequence of words that follow in my mind when I think of youth retreats. When I think of what was most memorable in my time…
