Necessary Endings

My friend Alex recommended this book to me and WOW am I glad that he did!  The book?  Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud. Cloud’s premise is that as we go through life . . . in our personal life, business life, relationships, spiritual life, etc. . . . we need to...

Unbroken

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is without a doubt one of the best reads of the summer.  I couldn’t put this one down! Hillenbrand recounts the TRUE story of Louie Zamperini–I capitalize TRUE because it is almost beyond belief.  Zamperini was a U.S. Olympic...

Hell No? Hell Yes?

In a nutshell, “Hell no? Hell yes?” pretty much summarizes Rob Bell’s book Love Wins and Francis Chan’s Erasing Hell. I read Love Wins by Rob Bell a couple of months ago.  After reading it I felt more compelled to tell people about Jesus.  Even...

Our house is on the market

Julie and I just put our house on the market.  And just for clarification, we love living here!  We live at the top of a wooded hill on 3.2 acres in a very “pastoral” setting (pun intended).  Jackson Local is a great school system and we have MANY friends in the...

Spiritual pilgrimage

In one hour I’m heading to the airport.  In one hour I’ll begin a monstrous 24 hours of travel to the Middle East.  In one hour I will begin a pilgrimage that is designed to draw me and the 20 brothers who will be traveling with me closer to Jesus. About...