Here is a sneak peak of Len Sweet’s podcast about his time at Ashland Seminary. His thoughts are worth five minutes of your life.

Have you ever had those days where you cannot think on one thing for too long?  You end up staring out the window, clicking your pen fifty-five gazillion times, or surfing the internet and googling your name to see what comes up as response.  I’m having one of those mornings this morning.
It makes it really [...]

I’m sitting at my desk right now enjoying a wonderful square bottle of Fiji water.  My wife got me hooked on this stuff.  They say water should have no taste.  But, this is the BEST tasting water I’ve ever had.  Enough of my Fiji commercial though.
The reason I enjoy bottled water so much is the [...]

I have trouble being brief. I am going to try to get to the point and then invite your comments to complete the conversation…
In his recent book, Reimagining Church, Frank Viola speaks to the question of what the “sustaining force” is of this gathering we’ve come to call a worship service.
This Viola quote speaks directly [...]

The world we live in takes a great toll on our journey at times. This morning, I stumbled across what Mahatma Gandhi considered to be the seven blunders of the world. I encourage you to reflect on the seven blunders. I believe Gandhi’s observations have a lot to teach us in the [...]

This past week in Ashland, Ohio has been quite rough. A young gal died at the local university and many people, some close friends of mine, lost their jobs at different places throughout the town. There seems to be so much pain in the world at times and I begin to question and [...]

I’m sitting in my office right now and I’m surfing some website pertaining to issues of politics, world events, and the like. I’m amazed at how divisive and painfully ignorant our world has become. No one seeks truth…everyone runs on opinions (half-truths at best). To give up and settle on opinion and hearsay is baffling [...]

I believe a parable is a simple story that relays a complex truth.  Our lives should continually be a parable of the inbreaking of God’s kingdom into our world.  In my reflections I journeyed back an experience I had several years back.  In the best way I know how, a story, I’d like to explore [...]

Hi Guys:
I’m checking out these books to help us break out of the “good songs – good sermon – good bye” pattern of worship. Can we really know Jesus? Can we really experience His presence? I’m on a mission to find out:

I carry around my cell phone all the time. The daggone thing drives me up the wall at times. People anywhere at anytime can contact you. Furthermore, some create the oppressive expectation that just because I have a cell phone that I should answer at any time a phone call occurs. [...]