I remember sitting in a room with my friend Scott when he recently moved from a hospital into hospice care. He had spent the past year battling cancer. His condition worsened and it was a hard pill for him to...

It was during my sophomore year in college that I really began understanding what it meant to walk with Jesus in relationship. It was God’s grace through faithful men and women who pursued me with the love and truth of...

So unlike most of you who have been a campus pastor for years, I just made the plunge this week. Campus ID and parking permit in hand, I am off to SMU to save the world. For the first time...

A salient thing I have learned from Baylor is that there is joy in serving those around you.  God never calls us to be successful, rich, or important.  He calls us to serve faithfully.  As I walk through my years...

I’ve been wrestling with whether or not to write on this subject. I normally try not to write my opinion on things that tend to divide the Body of Christ because I am so personally invested in bringing the Christian...

The other day a couple of students popped by my office to visit, chat and grab lunch at the same time. While we were sitting around the table catching up on the latest happenings, they told me about a sermon...

“I can’t worship a God that allows so much pain and suffering.” “I think Jesus was a great teacher, but I don’t think he resurrected after he died.” “How can you really believe that Jesus actually turned water into wine...

“A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.” This past month, I read the story of a World War II veteran, Olympian, and POW. Louis Zamperini, born in Torrance, California, was a troubled child growing up with immigrant...

A friend of mine, Abby Pound, has recently started to paint.  The pictures she paints are simple yet powerful.  I bought a simple painting from her that had three words on it, “Go Be Love”.  I look at these words...

You just entered your senior and final year at MIT, are going to be graduating in May with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, and today, you are asked by the university to pause for fifteen minutes to...