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Boil Some Tea
Recently I heard a lecture given by CEO of Panera Blain Hurst. During the presentation Mr. Hurst offered some words of advice to his audience of mostly college students, and something he said stood out more than all other advice he gave that night. Mr. Hurst told these students, “Don’t boil the ocean, start…
Read MoreA book entitled “The Abolition of Sanity”
In the modern era, Christianity has been on the decline. There are many reasons for this, but as early as the 1940’s C.S. Lewis saw methods of education as the primary cause of this and saw ways to reverse this. He gave a series of lectures on the subject, summed up in a scholarly book…
Read MoreChristianity in CO | Focus on the Family
Hey all! This is the last installment of Christianity in CO. Today, I wanted to talk about a ministry that is even more near (literally!) and dear to me. Focus on the Family is a ministry that is devoted to the family but this manifests itself in a variety of ways. Their mission is to…
Read MoreFeed My Starving Children
There are so many amazing Christian businesses and organizations out there that truly have a gospel centered mission and strive to help others with their business. One organization that emulates these attributes is Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a non-profit organization that packages meals for starving children around the world. They have created a formula…
Read MoreChristianity in CO | The Navigators
Hello, hello again! Ok, part 2 of my second mini series on Christianity in CO. The Navigators is a ministry organization that I am intimately familiar and many, many of my friends are involved with them. I find the Navigators so interesting because they serve and target such a wide variety of people, across many…
Read MoreChristianity in CO | Compassion International
Hello hello! Now that I have made my way through my first mini series, I decided I would start another one. This time, I though I would take a closer look around my home town, Colorado Springs, CO. For some reason, CO Springs has some awesome Christian organizations in our area so I thought that…
Read MoreHow to create community
I made this post as an empty draft over three weeks ago, during which time God connected with me more and better than ever before in my life, and my relationship with him is now incredible compared to what it was. One of the reasons for this that I have figured out is that to…
Read MoreThe Unchurched: An Interview with a Friend
Over spring break I sat down with a friend of mine who goes to a school where the gospel is not preached, he fits the definition of Unchurched, and I picked his mind for a while. He also leans towards the left, so his viewpoints are much different than mine which I think helped the…
Read MoreIssues with Evangelism Today
I feel as if today there are a lot of churches trying to focus on evangelizing to our generation, we are very independent and confident in ourselves, which is a great thing, but not all of the time. We tend to think that we are right, and a lot of this generation does not think…
Read MoreSummit Basecamp – A Place for Fellowship, Training, and Commissioning
In a world overwhelmed with stimulus and distractions, it’s so difficult to stay focused on the things that matter. Current generational trends indicate that Gen z is one of the most informationally advanced generations ever. Information is more accessible than ever. With this increase in accessibility young people are becoming increasingly aware of things that…
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