His robe was spotted with blood. A head wound of any kind is messy, and Peter had cut off a man’s ear. It was a precise cut, directed at the slave of the high priest. A non-life-threatening wound to a person of no account. It was a statement. So was the response of Jesus. “Put […]

“His robe was spotted with blood. A head wound of any kind is messy, and Peter had cut off a man’s ear. He probably had never used a sword before, ” That’s how I was going to start telling the story of Peter denying that he knew Jesus. It’s one of the many stories from the […]

A new friend and I are talking to a group of pastors about social media today. I had almost resolved never to do this again. I am not a social media expert. I do it “wrong”. And every time I am asked to teach people about it, I get frustrated. Until today. Today my colleague […]

I was reading a book last week that talked about 90 day goals. I started thinking about what that would mean. And I realized that 90 days from now is in January 2014. That will be after Thanksgiving, after Advent, after Christmas, after New Year’s Day. By 90 days from now, we will all be […]