I’ve become somewhat of a gnostic lately. I don’t like it one bit.
Don’t get me wrong, I love reason. I love logic. I love science. I absolutely love reading and learning. As a kid, I used to read encyclopedias for fun. And now, I still find myself getting sucked into 45-minute Wikipedia binges.
But the adverse [...]
Well, I am. But this isn’t about that. This is about the brilliant thing that was said at the end of the last Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien:
I’m going to preface this post by saying that I do not have these thoughts together. This started as something I brought up in a discussion with a good friend, kind of pulling a devil’s advocate move. A couple of days later, I talked about it with my co-author, Israel, only in a little bit [...]
About six weeks ago, Ciara and I decided that our house is probably too small to introduce another child into, as well as our mortgage-payment-to-house-size ratio becoming more and more unjustifiable. We decided it was time to sell, in hopes we could be out of there before the baby is born. Meeting with the realtor, [...]
Encouragement. My pastor has been leading us in reflecting on it for a few weeks now. In my opinion, I don’t think we can reflect on it enough. This sermon series has easily been one of the more important series of messages I have heard in a while. Encouragement is essential to our lives, and [...]
Two weekends ago I was in Hamilton, Ohio, at my church’s annual men’s retreat. The theme that was weaving in and out of the weekend was this idea of how we take our work and life. There were basically two options, the speaker said, “labor” and “opus.” Labor being just that—labor. Work for the sake of [...]
Like everyone, Monday morning I was watching a video of my beloved Kanye West, storming the stage of Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech. I am a fan of Kanye West, I love his music and music that he has produced. In the past I have seen him pull stunts like this, apologize, and then do [...]
Gave my last talk on worship yesterday morning, and I have to say, that it must have been ALL GOD, because I was not ready, or feeling it. But God really moved. Here are my initial thoughts that were the basis of the little talk. Warning: this one is a jumbled mess. I can’t believe [...]
The last month or so at church, my pastor has asked me to give some mini-teachings on corporate worship. It has been happening in the midst of our worship set, usually after the first song. It’s been a really awesome, freeing, confidence-building experience for me. I was talking to Israel earlier, and he said I [...]
This blog / my web server has been giving me nothing but problems the last few months. Finally got it working again. I had to re-install Wordpress, and then I decided to screw around with the look and feel. I think this layout is a lot more readable.
Hope you enjoy it. New (real) post later.
Collin
