Pastors

I was having lunch with my tech guy today and he asked me what I thought about "chatroulette." Honestly, I had never heard of it and so he told me a what it was. This new website allows for you to meet multiple people at random through web cams. You simply push "play again" and you will be connected with another person somewhere in the world. When... More...

Sitting in my office and listening to the pain of others seems to be a regular occurrence these days. People are struggling. Often times it is very clear to me where someone has tripped up, why they have gone astray, and what has happened to their marriage to cause such rebellious activity. It seems to be a season of counseling people through the... More...

Over the last few months I have been learning a lot about my sin and my relationship with God. When I sin I build up a wall between myself and God. God never causes me to sin, it is a personal choice that I make to put my will ahead of God’s will. Let me say that again, when I choose to sin I put my desires before God’s. What is great... More...

"Sex Scandal involving _________ Leader." Prominent leaders are in the news on a recurring basis not for their leadership but rather because they got caught with their pants down. Incase you missed them, here are a few names & links: Bill Clinton / Tiger Woods / John Edwards / Ted Haggard / David Letterman / more! / even more!! Beyond the... More...

How many times have you been in a moment of decision regarding sin and simply closed your ears to the voice of God? I have the feeling that the answer is many.In my journey towards greater purity I went through this stage where I posted the words, Dead to sin and alive in Christ, in my car. When temptation to cross the line of lust appeared, I... More...

Currently I feel like I am at a crossroads in my life.  I have two choices in front of me; I can either continue on living the same old mediocre life just doing the bare minimum to get by I have been for the last 34 years.   Or, I can choose to fully submit to the plan that God has for my life and live that life to the fullest or I... More...

Be encouraged by a fresh start. I have found it funny that over the last couple of days I have been thinking about who I want to be in 2010. It seems like my mind will not stop processing 2009 and making daily commitments to new beginnings. The reason why I have found this obsession funny is that with God and His grace I have a new beginning each... More...

To borrow terminology from the Twelve Step Movement (i.e. A.A. or N.A., founded by godly Christian men, incidentally), “recovery” is a funny thing... While briefly serving as a live-in drug and alcohol counselor in a Christian recovery program, one phrase I heard repeatedly was “Nothing changes if nothing changes.” Think... More...

Lust is a common struggle with almost every guy, ministers included.  It is a common temptation that most guys deal with.  You are not alone! It should not surprise us that ministers deal with lust, but it does.  We think that our ministers are so close to God that they are somehow “immune” to these types of temptations.... More...

I encounter this question all the time, whether or not pornography use amounts to "adultery" that gives a spouse grounds to pursue divorce. In fact I was talking to a pastor this week who struggled with porn and his wife (who recently discovered it) is ready to leave him because she is convinced that his elicit consumption of Internet porn is... More...