Not everyone knows that I was an art minor in college. I took drawing, printmaking, and graphic design. They were all classes I felt pretty comfortable with. But there was one course that made me nervous: painting. Aside from the cheap watercolor sets you use as a kid; I had almost no experience with painting... Especially not with oils. Surprisingly, it became one of my favorite classes.  Read More

If I were to say, “Hey, how are you?” what would you say?Most of us respond with something like, “I’m good! How are you?” And the exchange ends there. When we ask “How are you?” we rarely mean it, and we rarely answer it honestly. In fact, if someone actually starts telling the truth, it can get a little awkward.It’s not because we’re liars. It’s usually because we know the other person doesn’t re...  Read More

Do you remember all the excitement around 2020? A new decade was beginning, and more than any other time I can remember, people were ready to make big changes. I wasn’t immune to that feeling.  Read More

Little-known fact about me: I woke up early on Monday morning, April 6, 1992, to watch the premiere episode of Barney. Even at seven years old, I wasn’t particularly impressed. But at the end of the episode, a song played that has been burned into my memory ever since. You probably know it:  Read More

Our world is so noisy,  Read More

We've come to the end of 2025, and what a year it's been.  Read More

Christmas is a season of love. I mean the whole reason we have Christmas is because God loved us enough to send his Son. Love is foundational to the season. But what is love…  Read More

Growing up, my brother and I played on an old Atari. If you’ve never played one, imagine a Nintendo… but worse. Way worse. But I dreamed about getting a Sega Genesis with Sonic the Hedgehog.  Read More

Christmas is supposed to be the season of peace on earth, but if we’re honest, it often feels more like chaos on earth.  Read More

Growing up in Carolinas, I thought dark winters were rough, but Boston takes it up a notch. On December 21, we’ll get 15 hours of darkness and only 9 hours of daylight.  Read More

Happily ever after. That’s a phrase that feels completely unrealistic. It belongs in fairy tales and Disney movies, but not in the real world. Life is too hard, we’ve become too cynical, and we’ve seen far too many people walk through life without anything close to a “happily ever after.”  Read More

This week in our Community Group, we read Ephesians 1, and verse 22 stopped me in my tracks. In a passage describing God’s eternal purposes and Christ’s supreme authority, Paul writes:  Read More