Well I became a dad on Monday, November 21st, at 4:12pm with the birth of our beautiful daughter Lexi Hope Filipiak, weighing in at 9lb 7oz, 22″. The thing about being a dad that is the most eye-opening for me is trying to wrap my head around the concept that this human life came […]
John 3:16 is Overrated
I had a great time at Crossroads’ Grand Opening Sunday this past Sunday. I ran in Lansing’s half marathon (read my blog on it) prior to preaching, which made for quite an adventure (got to church with 8 minutes to spare before the service started!), but really the whole morning was an exciting rush. We […]
Why I Believe in God (hint: It’s not because of the Bible)
For the past week and half, I’ve been reflecting on the Theology on Tap that we did at Tavern on the Square in downtown Lansing. It was our first T.O.T. and we plan to do one on the 3rd Thursday of every month. We tackled the topic, “Views of Creation” in an attempt to break […]
Miracle Myths
On July 3rd, I preached a sermon entitled “Wanting a Prayer Answered But Needing Jesus” from John 6: [vimeo http://vimeo.com/26040686] In my own life, I’ve often found myself to be confused about why God doesn’t seem to answer my prayers for people’s healing (or at least not in dramatic ways), yet I read about dramatic […]