5 MORE Things You Can “BE” This Summer

We’re working through the Sermon on the Mount together at Central this summer. Last week I shared five things you can “be” this summer based on the last five weeks of worship. We have five more weeks to go, so here’s a preview of what’s coming up over the...

5 Things You Can BE This Summer

We’re working through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) together at Central this summer. Jesus’ sermon is the most important body of ethical teaching in history of the world. It re-defines how we are to relate to one another and clarifies how we are to...

A Beginner’s Guide to Being Awesome

Many of you have asked for a written version of Sunday’s sermon. Here it is. What I didn’t tell you beforehand—although many of you have figured this out—is that Sunday’s message was a loose paraphrase of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, slightly stylized to sound a bit...

Five Things I’m Grateful For This Mother’s Day

5 Things I’m Grateful For This Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is tomorrow. Here are five things I’m grateful for. MY WIFE This is her first Mother’s Day—kind of. We celebrated last year, but Hudson wasn’t born until July. I’ve never seen anyone love...

The Silence of Holy Saturday

What do you say about the Saturday before Easter? To the first followers of Jesus it was supposed to be Sabbath, a day of rest, and Shalom, a day of peace. Sometimes rest and peace come with stillness and silence. But the stillness and silence of Holy Saturday are...