It’s not every week that you get to do church while hearing the roar of military jet afterburners overhead. It’s one of my favorite weekends in Chicago as the Air and Water Show takes center stage. If you’ve never gone up to the church’s roof deck to see the planes, you’ll definitely want to check … [Read More…] August 11, 2024

I’m reminded this week of just how important family is. Krista, the kids, and I are spending the week with our family, and the connections are just so precious. God has designed us for family, something we often lose sight of in our mobile, disconnected, hyper-individualized culture. But there’s nothing like the life-giving connections of … [Read More…] August 4, 2024

What a wonderful week we’ve had at Summer Blast! I’ve loved watching these hundreds of kids learn about the love of Jesus while having the time of their lives. God is at work. And we got to have a front row seat. How wonderful is that?   One of the things that encouraged me the … [Read More…] July 28, 2024

On Wednesday, Krista and I celebrated our 20th anniversary. It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years! We met during our first week at Cedarville University, and since we were both Bible majors, we shared many of the same classes. But it wasn’t until our sophomore year that I got up the gumption to ask … [Read More…] July 21, 2024

Watching the pictures flooding in each night from Lake Ann Camp, I am deeply grateful for our student ministry team and their deep investment in the lives of our students. Our new pastor of student ministries, Nate Brumbaugh, has been a real gift to our middle and high schoolers. As a father of three daughters … [Read More…] July 14, 2024

There’s nothing more American than a good cookout, apple pie, and fireworks on the 4th of July. Growing up in Ohio, our family would drive to the Independence Day parade in our little town. The school bands would march, the civic organizations would show up, the classic car clubs would cruise along, and the first responders would … [Read More…] July 07, 2024

Well, it’s back to reality this week. From the resplendent glories on the mountain of transfiguration, Jesus descends back into the oppressive brokenness of this world and the fickleness of His all-too-human disciples. As we close out Luke 9 this week, we see a litany of failures on the part of the disciples, and Jesus’ … [Read More…] June 30, 2024

This Sunday we come to one of the most glorious moments in the Bible as Jesus is transfigured on the mountain. It is a moment when we see Jesus for who He really is, and behold the world as it is truly destined to become. All the brokenness and frailty clouding our vision is stripped … [Read More…] June 23, 2024

We’re jumping back into our series in the Gospel of Luke today. In many ways, chapter nine forms of kind of hinge in the narrative. Up to this point, the key question has been: “Who is this Jesus?” Jesus has been ministering up in Galilee, and everyone is trying to figure out just who He … [Read More…] June 16, 2024

What a Missions Week we’ve been having! I don’t know about you, but I’m so encouraged by the stories I’ve been hearing of the ways God is at work around our world. God truly is on a mission to glorify His name by redeeming a people for Himself from every nation, tribe, language, and tongue … [Read More…] June 9, 2024