This weekend I was playing around with Logos Bible Software’s Psalm Explorer function (which is actually a super interesting way to visualize the book) and I was looking in particular at Psalms that have a…
Back in August, I preached my first (and maybe only) sermon on politics. As I lay in bed this morning looking over the election results on my phone, my mind raced back to that message. You…
One of my absolutely favorite essays from C.S. Lewis is called “The Trouble With ‘X’” from his book God in the Dock. Now, I wouldn’t normally print such a long chunk from a book, but this is…
“I just gotta be me.” “I have to be true to myself.” “This is the real me.” More than any other time in history, we hold a seemingly unshakeable conviction that we are the only…
There’s a famous story in the Bible of Jesus interacting with a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. The whole story is teed up this way: [Jesus] had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a…
I am convinced that if you look hard enough, you can find a Gospel story woven into every movie. Maybe when I get around to watching Sharknado 4, I’ll prove it. For now, I want…
I am excited to announce that Riverview will be hosting the very first US Midwest Acts 29 Conference on November 17-18, 2016! This conference is for church planters, aspiring church planters, church staff, leaders, and anyone…
I am officially back from my 2016 Social Media / Internet fast and, wow, what a month! I watched my boys play (at least) 34 baseball games. I celebrated my dad’s 70th birthday party. I…
Each year, I take a month off of social media, the majority of my email, and most of the Internet. Suffice it to say, this has been a very difficult month to be offline. That’s…
A few weeks ago at Riv, I talked about the importance of recognizing the cycles and seasons of life so we can live in rhythm instead of pursuing the ever elusive “balance” people always talk about (a concept…