You will never be able to unsee the shocking way Jesus responded to clickbait! Clickbait is annoyingly effective. Increasingly, websites use it because we can’t help but click on a link that promises to shock or titillate us. Who wouldn’t click on a headline that...
We live in an interesting cultural moment. Some topics (and people) are straight up off-limits for criticism and judgement while we are almost expected to criticize others. And yet, many of us remember Jesus’s words, “Do not judge, and you will not be...
Stringscapes So I didn’t watch all 28 minutes of this, but I fully intend to some day. That Time Teddy Roosevelt Got Shot in the Chest but Gave a 90 Minute Speech Anyway “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully...
As I read Deuteronomy 12:20 to prepare for the message last weekend, I kept thinking about this song from one of my favorite albums of all time Sticks and Stones by 77s. The key lyric: “you picked the right time to fail.” That’s the heart of the...
The Las Vegas heroes who stepped up as chaos reigned “I just feel like that’s what you do…when people need help.” -Lindsay Padgett Mapping’s Intelligent Agents A really long read about the future of maps. Blue Planet II : The Prequel And God...
It was really hard to pick a passage to teach on last weekend at Riv. All I had to do was find something to preach about in what is largely considered one of the most boring books in the Bible: Numbers. But the problem I had kinda shocked me. I had a really hard...
Happy Friday! Here are five random links I found for you. The Uncomfortable I can’t even begin to describe how much these pain me to look at. Legacy Churches Amazing letter from my friend Brian for anyone in a church that’s coming to the end of its life. PROBLEM...
