Today, while sitting with a non-responsive hospice patient nearing death and her grieving adult daughter, the daughter confessed to me her anger with God following the untimely and tragic death of her sibling years ago. Allow me to explain...

We do not seek division, but peace despite the necessary conflict before us.

I'm part of a pretty special, incredibly unique church that's surely unlike anything you've experienced and I'm desperate to tell you about it.

When people think of leaders, they often imagine the chief executive of large organizations. However, leadership among small teams is far more common and makes a substantially greater difference in the world on a daily basis.

As of this day, I’ve officially been the pastor of The Hills Church for ten years. TEN YEARS! God has truly blessed my family and me over the past decade and I invite you to check on the short video message I’ve posted to mark the occasion.

There’s power in music. It can set the scene. It can heighten or reduce the drama. It can transport us to another time and place. It even has the power to calm the most anxious of nerves.

I was just made aware of yet another name to add to the depressingly long list of pastors and leaders I once looked up to who confessed to grievous sins, warranting separation from the ministries, churches and networks they built.

Martin Luther King, Jr was 39 when he was killed. His life and legacy changed the world. Yet, here I am at 40 years old still hearing someone I looked up for a long time tell me I’m too young, too immature, too inexperienced…