There is ALWAYS something new. Even if we aren’t in the market to buy, it’s in our face. Watch. Read. Buy. Repeat. I am starting to think that my adaptation to constant newness must have an impact on my expectations of church and ultimately God. On Sunday my pastor spoke about how he fears every sermon will be a new infomercial. Something people are intrigued with for thirty minutes, and then forget about when they shut it off. (unless it’s the The Perfect Brownie infomercial. …
When I come into contact with people who’s writing or speaking I admire, I try to play it cool, but it never works. Like yesterday, I was at Pepperdine University and had the privilege of spending the entire day with a relationship researcher and author who has impacted me greatly. Before noon, I had already said the following: 1) “I read your book a year and a half ago and then I Facebooked your daughter.” 2) “We are your stalkers for the day…we will be …
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