Lent Reflections: Life

I announced on Monday that my wife and I are having a new baby. I was, and am so excited I almost don’t know what to do with myself. While rejoicing in this, it got me thinking about what an incredible, and beautiful thing a new life is…and what an incredible gift it is. There… [Read more…]

Lent Reflections: Justice

The FBI reports that my city, Atlanta, is first among cities in the United States actively involved in the sex trade industry. When I first heard this, it ripped my heart…it left me speechless. How can we live, going about our lives, day by day, with this evil lurking in our city…around the corner…at our… [Read more…]

Lent Reflections: Who?

Who is this living God, who penetrates my heart, my soul? Cut through by the sword of His word, and might in His hand… Who is this living God, who whispers to my heart in secret? Yet causes my heart to overflow, and my mouth to cry out in His praises… Who is this living… [Read more…]

Lent Reflections: This silver ring of mine…

Above you see a picture of my right hand, and on it is a silver ring that I have worn now for nearly seven years. I have always worn it on my index finger…no real significance to that except that it’s different. The ring though has great significance to me…I have shared portions of my… [Read more…]

I woke up in a tornado that I caused

There are some incredible things happening with Renovation Church. I can’t reveal everything right now, but suffice it to say that God is moving barriers and opening doors to see this thing happen. With that in mind, there are several things to be praying for. My blogging has slowed down significantly because right now I… [Read more…]

Geriatric Hip-Hop…Cross Cultural Outreach at it’s finest

A moral makeover…really? Is that it?!?

“Does Christ come merely to improve our existence in Adam or to end it, sweeping us into his new creation? Is Christianity all about spiritual and moral makeovers or about death and resurrection — radical judgment and radical grace? Is the Word of God a resource for what we have already decided we want and… [Read more…]

Snow…in Atlanta? What the crap!?!?

Although I had many noble reasons for leaving Sevierville, there was one that was much less honourable. I HATE COLD!!! and I HATE SNOW!!! Sevierville provided one or the other or both….often. So, I ran to Atlanta. And yet, this weekend, I was here, trapped in my house, surrounded by 4-6 inches of snow. What… [Read more…]