Please Note: For my daughter's first birthday my wife "asked" me to write a letter we can give her when she turns sixteen. Hopefully this is a letter I can hand to her directly and not my wife's way of preparing to find a way to get my life insurance. My life has rarely made sense, especially … [Read more...]
Happy Easter
Today I won't be posting a normal blog because I'm too busy celebrating the most important day in history; the day death was defeated, and we were set free because Jesus rose from the grave. Like many others, I tend to take the idea of Jesus dying on the cross for granted because I've heard the … [Read more...]
I Saw Something Incredibly Beautiful (A Post Leading into Easter)
The other day I had Youtube playing in the background and it selected this song for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgWbIOt0ko. I highly recommend checking it out, especially starting at the 2:29min mark because the joy of the band and audience amazed me. Even if I was part of a different … [Read more...]
Let People Suffer (This isn’t as mean as it sounds)
When I was a youth pastor I ran a mission trip to Los Angeles (I knew how to pick places to serve). It was through www.csm.org, which is a wonderful organization. We spent a week serving in soup kitchens and food banks, and afterwards we celebrated by going to Disneyland (I definitely knew how to … [Read more...]
Women are the dominant gender in the Bible Pt3
In the Disney cartoon Aladdin, Princess Jasmine yells, “I am not a prize to be won!” And no, I didn’t have to fact check that line because I memorized the movie when I was kid. What I don’t get about this line is how is being a “prize” a bad thing? You have men trying to prove they’re good enough … [Read more...]
Women are the dominant gender in the Bible Pt2
When you think of God it’s hard not to think of a man in a long white beard just like when I say angel you’re likely thinking of a beautiful winged creature. Both of these are Greek images (i.e. Zeus, Nike of Samothrace). If historic Greek culture has influenced Christianity with such fundamental … [Read more...]
Women are the dominant gender in the Bible Pt1
Christianity and Judaism are often blamed for promoting sexism, but if you read the Scriptures properly, which is another way of saying, “Chad’s way,” (said with cheeky arrogance) it can be seen that men and women are equal in their value, but women are actually the dominant gender. This … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t Trust God
Every healthy relationship needs to have these five things: Respect (treat each others as equals) Understanding (it feels like the other person gets us) Appreciation & affirmation Trust & Security (it's safe to be honest without fear of being attacked and won’t be cheated … [Read more...]
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