It’s been awhile/summer highlights

I started this as a discipline that I wanted to keep going, and at times it has gone well at other times it has not.  It has been a busy summer but it is now officially over, so maybe I can try and revive the discipline again.  Here are some good/bad highlights for the summer. [...]

Final Thoughts on Christmas

I had the pleasure of preaching at our church on Dec. 21st, the Sunday we celebrated Christmas, and as I was preparing I came across a verse I probably have read a hundred times but never thought about.  Matthew 1 tells us that as Joseph was sleeping an angel of the Lord came to him [...]

One Year with Jenna and what I have learned

  This week we celebrated Jenna Schnipper’s first birthday.  It seems a little surreal to be doing this, because time has flown by.  God blessed us with this little girl and in this year I think I have learned more about God, life, and myself then any other time.  Here are some of the things [...]

The Art of Forgiveness

Recently I have been spending a lot of time thinking about forgiveness.  Part of the reason is because I am leading a combined Sunday morning Bible Study through The Peacemaking Church small group material, this material discusses biblical conflict resolution.  This last week we covered lesson 7 and the key principle was, “Our forgiveness shows [...]

Get free birth control and morality at your public school

This morning I watched this video that discussed giving out free birth control to kids at school.  They shared the typical pros and cons: the percentage of teenage pregnancy has gone up in years, a pregnancy effects a teenagers life, but what about telling the parents.