On Being the Church’s Third Wheel
The month of February means red, white & pink bouquets, chalky heart-shaped candies, discounts on dating sites and of course… a marriage series at every church in America. Being single…
DIRTY GIRLS COME CLEAN CAMPUS TOUR
There are few things I am more passionate about than seeing women freed from the shame and stronghold of porn and sexual addiction. And there is no audience I love to…
Hooked: A Christian Response to Porn Addiction
A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of co-hosting a webinar with Luke Gilkerson of Covenant Eyes. Our topic was about pornography addiction and how the church can…
Mentoring in the Church
I was honored to be asked about a month ago to write a guest post for Tyler Braun’s blog series, “Mentoring in the Church“. Today my post is up and…
Christmas at Westside
This year’s Christmas eve services were a little bit different for Westside. We focused less on the manger, and more on the shadow of the cross behind it. I am…
From Ordinary to Extrao—Well, You’ll See
I don’t usually post about the happenings of my week. But this is different. I want to share with you about an extraordinary thing that God allowed me to be…
Praying for Prison Inmates
Westside (my church & employer) has teamed-up with a ministry discipleship program at Lansing Correctional Facility (one of largest maximum security prisons in the nation). The ministry is a program…
My Message to KLOVE
(see the end of this post for an update from KLOVE’s Mike Novak) This weekend & again this morning on KLOVE (a national Christian radio station) it was announced that…
I’m Not Gonna Steal Your Husband
This post might get me into trouble. I’ve been sitting on it for a few months and when Los posted about something similar last night… I decided to pull the…
LA / Vegas or Bust!
Confession… I have no idea what the expression “or Bust!” really means. But I used it in the title of this post anyway. I wanted you all to know that…