Cleveland

Letter to a Graduate

Giving advice always seems such a tenuous task, balanced between two equally foreboding chasms: impersonal aphorisms that do little to instruct and a fruitless attempt to reach into your future based upon our past. After all, you already have the best book of instruction on all matters, a book you know well. What more could [...] »

Christian Potheads???

If you have been in this youth culture for a while, WEED always seems to come into question. I just received an email from one of my former high school students who is in the middle of a faith crisis and wanted me to help him "land" on this issue of being saved and still being able to "smoke it up." Instead of just inboxing him, i thought i would use his question as an opportunity to BLOG. Maybe i... »

Spread Around

I’ve had the chance to spread my thoughts around on a couple other sites this week. First up, you can check out my misadventures at the Exponential 2011 conference on Rocket Plant Studio’s website. Here’s a look: Expecting Ed Stetzer, I stumbled onto a group of planters preparing to give 90-second pitches for raising money for [...] »

When NOT Being Easily Accessible is a GREAT Thing!!

Let's face it. Being THE MAN is not as fun as it sounds. Like Clark Kent, i would rip my dress shirt, show my BIG "S" and fly to "every kitty stuck in a tree or damsal in distress singing, "hear i come to save the day!" The issue is when you are the an... »