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October 2025

October 01, 2025

A Dangerous Reminder: Synagogues & the Shape of Shared Faith

Not long ago, I stood inside a re-created first-century synagogue at the Museum of the...

September 2025

September 15, 2025

5 Books That Shaped My Rule of Life and Quiet Life Pursuit

Later this week, I am headed to the beach to celebrate my wife, Katie McLain,...

September 12, 2025

Just Say No: Resisting Busyness and Undisciplined Living

Growing up in the 80s and 90s, many of us remember Nancy Reagan’s famous campaign...

September 08, 2025

Beaten by the False Gospel of Busyness

One of my favorite quotes comes from Kurt Vonnegut in A Man Without a Country....

September 01, 2025

Shared Learning: Rethinking What Church Can Look Like

This Sunday at River Corner Church, we tried something a little different. We experimented with...

August 2025

August 22, 2025

Walking the Four Stages of Faith with Good Leaders

In my last blog post, I looked at the four stages of faith and conversion...

August 18, 2025

Four Stages of Faith and Conversion

Scripture reminds us that faith and conversion are not just moments but a journey. There...

August 12, 2025

ICNU: The Power of Calling Out the Good in Others

I recently wrote on this for our work newsletter, but sometimes, four simple words—“I see...

August 11, 2025

God is Still SPEAKing: 5 Ways to Hear God’s Guiding Voice

Jesus promised that his voice would lead us. In John 10:27, Jesus states, “My sheep...

July 2025

July 27, 2025

7 Ways from Rodney Reeves to Stop Celebrity Christianity

Rodney Reeves writes in his Story of God Bible Commentary on Matthew, “False piety is...

July 24, 2025

A Quiet Way: Embracing Simple Church at River Corner Church

Recently, my wife wrote about the importance of keeping church uncomplicated (check her blog out...

July 23, 2025

When God Rewrote My Never: A Story of Returning to School

What’s something you said you’d never do… but then you did? For me, it was...

July 22, 2025

This Is the Lord’s Table: A Gathering for the Scattered

The Lord’s Table is a powerful opportunity to examine ourselves in a way that moves...

July 16, 2025

Quiet Wins: The Hidden Strength of a Slower Life

We live in a culture that often embraces a "go big or go home" way...

July 10, 2025

The Way of Life: Four Ancient Postures in the Didache

In the commentary introduction to The Two Ways—a volume that pairs the Didache with the...

July 01, 2025

This Is the Lord’s Table: A Sacred Pause for Examination

The Lord’s Table is a powerful opportunity to examine ourselves in a way that moves...

June 2025

June 27, 2025

Pray For Those Who Take from You in the Cover of Night

Sometimes we pray things we don't want to mean, and prayers we don't want to...

June 18, 2025

This Is The Lord’s Table: A Victorious Life

At the Lord’s Table, we are invited into a sacred sacrament—one that offers transformation, holds...

June 15, 2025

Reclaimed: The Untold Story of the New Testament Church

The New Testament is not just ancient history—it’s an open and living invitation to be...

June 12, 2025

This Is The Lord’s Table: The Promise of Trust

When I was growing up, the Lord’s Table—also called communion, the Eucharist, or the Lord’s...

June 05, 2025

SATCHELS: An Emotions Framework To Make Room for God

God has created us as emotional beings. Therefore, it is normal to experience and express...

May 2025

May 28, 2025

Bible Translations for Everyone: 5 Takes on Translations

If you're trying to choose the right Bible translation for your life and ministry, Bible...

May 26, 2025

Fuller Seminary: What’s Said and Left Unsaid

I earned a Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry in 2020 and a Master...

May 20, 2025

Forming Family Habits That Disciple: Habits of the Household

In the same way that rails dictate where a train goes, our habits become grooves...

May 16, 2025

Lead a Quiet Life: The Early Church’s Rule for Freeloaders

In 1983, Todd Rundgren released a forever-remembered single that energetically declared, “I don't want to...

May 13, 2025

Rethinking Membership: A Review of Committing to One Another

This is a review of Committing to One Another: Church Membership by Bobby Jamieson, with...

May 05, 2025

When the Sole Comes Off and the Soul Comes Undone

“My cleats fell apart,” my daughter shouted as we approached the front door of our...

May 01, 2025

A Disciplined Life: Reviewing Revival Starts Here

To lead a quiet life (the focus of this Lead a Quiet Life blog...

April 2025

April 24, 2025

Bible Study Essentials: Exploring the Bible Study App

Through each post in the Bible Study Essentials blog series, I’ve been highlighting digital tools...

April 19, 2025

Bible Study Essentials: A Look at Ministry Matters

Through the Bible Study Essentials blog series, I’ve been highlighting digital tools that have become...