As a young believer I was anything but confident in my writing. I was a published poet through school competitions. I had won several...

Life is funny. You follow God into whatever He has and in His infinate wisdom He lead where He wills. This can be challenging considering...

A requiem (I love that word) is a funeral song or chant, and the word lamentation is to mourn or grieve. Sadness is a feeling that has...

This small box has always been on my nightstand beside my bed. When I received my first professional camera I took what I thought was a...

I am a photographer. Most people don’t know that about me.  I love seeing beauty, which most people can’t see. A little over a year ago I...

It goes without saying that we are experiencing a contentious time in our country as it pertains to race, culture, class, etc. Sadly, the...

The term secular used to be thrown around quite frequently in Christian circles. It was usually intended to show a difference between...

My wife and I noticed our teenaged neighbor walking back and forth in front of our home for the better part of 3 weeks. We have two WIFI...

I have been through more Easter day celebrations than I can count. It always puzzled me that the messages were always about the cross of...

This last season of my life and ministry has been a major challenge. I outlined some of those struggles in the ‘When Life Sucks’ entry....

It is crazy to think that Vertical Church, Atlanta, is celebrating our 3-year anniversary. If you are new to my story, I along with my...

When I look over the past year and consider this new one, I am reminded of how the year started well, but ended horribly. Almost...

Sometimes life sucks, and there is little you can do to change things, all you can do is accept them! I am not talking about something...

It might sound crazy what I’m about to say…but happiness is overrated. In our current culture happiness or the state of being happy, is...

Over the past few years there has been a lot said about the multicultural and/or multiethnic church. I will talk to another pastor or...

I was recently given the opportunity to interview with Outreach Magazine on the topic of church planting. They have been walking through...

I recently had the privilege of speaking at Exponential East (a church planting conference). Not long ago, I wrote recently this is one...

It seems like this year has flown by. April is going to be a big month for Vertical Church ATL and for me, personally. We have been...

Awhile back I wrote a blog that started, “Sometimes Christians suck”, and this is one reason why that statement is true. I have been...

I don’t watch zombie, vampire, and monster movies. It’s just not my thing. I must admit that I do like sci-fi, and I am quite fond of...