Today is the end of an era. My last day in my 20s. Tomorrow, I’m officially old. (All the teenage readers are agreeing. All the 40+ readers are saying “You think 30 is old?! Yeah right, ya whippersnapper!”…or something along those lines) I actually have no problem turning 30. In my line of work as […]
Why Are We Afraid to Talk About Our Depression?
I suffer from depression. I also go to counseling and take anti-depression medication. I first started getting symptoms in 2006 when I began working on my church plant. I first went to counseling for it in 2008. I went on medication during the winter of 2009, but went off of it in Spring 2010. I […]
How To Find Meaning and Purpose
I was talking with a friend recently who is unemployed and also single. He was really struggling with his sense of meaning and purpose. I talked with him and prayed with him. In light of the sermon I did yesterday morning about the Kingdom of God being like a mustard seed, and the man who […]
New Thoughts on My Insecurities
For several years I have preached Romans 8:15-18 as a key to filling in one’s insecurities by knowing you are a son or daughter of God. If we know who we are, we won’t have to go looking for it elsewhere. The problem is, this isn’t the type of concept you can hear in a […]
Embrace Your Insignificance
I think the majority of our (my) vices, sins, and depths of depression come from the search for significance. We are continually looking for things that will make us feel important and valuable. My wife and I went to see a musical on Sunday at the Wharton Center and even though I don’t have a […]