I teach and preach about the grace of Jesus. About the freedom it brings. I then say “follow me as I follow Christ.” Yet for those who’ve been around me a while, I don’t think they’d describe my life as one marked by freedom.
What Madonna, Ted Kluck, and I have in common…
Finding God in the Dark includes a quote from Madonna: “I have an iron will, and all of my will has always been to conquer some horrible feeling of inadequacy…My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre.” (p.57)
Finding God in the Dark
I just finished reading Finding God in the Dark by Ted Kluck & Ronnie Martin, and it was very well timed. The thing about the book that strikes you right off the bat, as well as what I appreciate most about it, is its raw honesty about the realities of life. I blog quite a […]
From 0 to 60 in…60 years
I always want to do things so fast. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an adult (so I could stay out and play longer) When I was in high school, I wanted to be in college (where I could be free) When I was in college, I wanted to graduate (so I […]
Validation from Blog Stats, Twitter followers & Big Publishers
Most of you know by now I wrote a book on sexual purity this past summer during my sabbatical. Well, I guess it can’t be called a “book” technically, but it is a very long Microsoft Word document that I hope gets turned into a book someday. I was really blessed to have an editor […]
The Tension
between the Kingdom of God being here, but not yet fully here of being a sinner and a saint of going through trials, knowing the day without trials is not yet here knowing God has power over my trials and could stop them