The Kingdom of God is here. With the dramatic and continual healing of our brother Nyle, we get a glimpse of the reality of God’s Kingdom at work. More than that, we have all played a part in this miracle in Nyle’s life. We have played a part in building God’s kingdom. I often talk to our middle/high schoolers about God’s Kingdom. It can be difficult to understand, even for adults. But God’s Kingdom is the work of God in our...

One of the things that I love about kids is their ability to learn.  They know that they have a lot of growing up to do.  This is no more evident than when kids begin to learn a new sport.  I remember being in 3rd grade and starting my first season of football.  I recall the weird things our coaches made us do in preparation for playing the game properly.  There was one drill I hated in particular.  We had to jog in place and when the...

Our National Day of Prayer is happening again this Thursday. I’ve been thinking about that concept. Why do we need a national day of prayer? We’re supposed to be praying all the time for our nation and our leaders, our military and firefighters, our police and our teachers, our families, youth, clergy and media. Why pick out one day and call it the National Day of Prayer? I’ve also been thinking about Rwanda. I was impressed with a...

The band, Relient K, has these great lyrics, “I so hate consequences, running from you is what my best defense is, I hate these consequence, cause I don’t wanna let you down, I don’t want to deal with that.” I’m one of those Christians who doesn’t really listen to much Christian music. Not that Christian music is weird or bad or anything. I just don’t get into it for some reason. There are however a few Christian bands that...