Growing up in the church and being a Pastor I was constantly bombarded with catch phrases or hot words that made people sound like they knew what they were talking about and or were on the cutting edge. I was often left in the dark when it came to understanding what they meant and the word “culture” was a big …
The Missing Lego
First thing you need to understand about me is I am a man. I compartmentalize my thinking and am task/goal oriented. Throw in a bit of OCD and your starting to get the picture of who I am. This puts me in an emotionally unstable place in life. Im not crazy and don’t need meds but it does affect me …
I survived…
So I had a conversation with someone recently about my blog. Their perspective was that I was coming across as bitter and angry. After our conversation this blog was written. Some of you may have just started engaging with my writings as I have increased the frequency of which I write. However there is a archive of work that goes …
American Christians should be ashamed…
I once heard a renowned Ugandan Pastor say that America would never experience revival because we try to fit God into our schedule rather than our schedule into God. I whole heartedly believe this… However this week I awoke to an even greater tragic realization about American Christians, myself included. This week a Jordanian pilot was burned alive by ISIS. …
No, the new yes
If you have ready any of my previous writing a few things are apparent. One, Im a writer but not a grammatical genius. I have run on sentences that rival the great wall. Two, I don’t write puffy encouragement pieces that will illicit singing birds and pictures of daffodils. When I write I write as a way to process. Sometimes …
Dear Church People…
Preface: Originally I was not going to include this preface, but after letting this sit a while I realize that this letter could potentially hurt some of the people we have met along 10 years of ministry and that is not my heart. We have had some amazing times with amazing people that we are still in relationship with today. …
My Addiction
My name is Joshua and Im an addict. For the past 10 years Ive been addicted to ministry. If you’ve read my last blog you are probably thinking I have some major issues. From detox to addiction I seem to be on a 12 step program. In a lot of ways I am. A spiritual cleansing of past garbage from …
Detox…losing my religion
I was raised by two amazing people who both were ordained pastors. This upbringing was unique and different compared to what other children my age were raised with. Not because of how we were raised but because of what we were raised to believe. You see I grew up during a time in the church where it was looked down …
Whats my motivation…
Whats my motivation… I’d say its what Jesus did on the cross for me, but in reality, Im too selfish for that to motivate me daily. So like most I have a few news years resolutions, why? Because last year I kinda sucked at a bunch of stuff and I want to do and be better. But, and automatically we …
Stop playing Defense
There is no other way for me to express this other than a rant. Rant, though it may be, it does not in anyway take away from the fact that it is true. I am so tired of seeing churches/pastors/leaders (because lets face it, some churches are run by the pastor, some by the board and some by the people) …