It’s been 20 years since my wife and I, and two couples from our mother church launched Love Fellowship Baptist Church in Romeoville. As we recently celebrated the church’s anniversary, I’ve been thinking about the lessons I’ve learned simply from sticking around. Here are three. 1. Focus on “how often and how well” rather than […]
Table Talk
After another leadership failure, forgive? Yes. Forget? Maybe later.
My cousin Holly’s house burned down in July. The family and their dog were saved, but they lost everything. Literally everything, except her grandmother’s ancient roasting pan just big enough for a 12-pound turkey and a diamond ring. Everything else in their rural home was gone in under an hour. The irony was that my […]
Preaching after suicide
The call about Bill’s death came as a surprise. A year or so after his wife died, Bill seemed to be doing well, publicly, at least. He talked a little about how quiet his house was and how much he missed his wife of more than 50 years, even though their last decade was mostly […]
Our sins demanded more than an apology
It was a comment that I have heard often but am never ready to hear. I was on the phone with someone who confessed that they wished the revealed nature of God in the Old Testament was more aligned with what they see in the New Testament. The struggle stemmed from Numbers 16 and the […]
How we can speak to men in the abortion conversation
As a pastor, father and follower of Christ, I have often found myself with a heavy heart when I think and pray about abortion. I’m saddened. I’m sickened. I’m burdened for the life of preborn children who are precious in the sight of God. And I have a deep conviction that there’s more that I […]
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