Currently reading: Slow Theology by A. J. Swoboda 📚

This book! Whew.

“Few things shape us more than the questions we spend our life pondering… the deepest questions do not necessarily deserve quick answers. In fact, the quick answer very well may cheapen the sacredness of a holy question.”

Today’s lift was great! Barbell should press might now have become my least lift. 😮‍💨 #195by50

I had an impromptu conversation with a friend about content creation this morning. It was insightful and helpful.

I have things to noodle on regarding audio/video content creation.

Hopefully, I am able to actually pull these ideas into an executable plan.

Today was a cardio day. It was tough today. I couldn’t accomplish my goal of three miles jogging. That’s OK! I showed up. That’s all that matters. Saturday will be a better run! #195by50

Today’s breakfast, while not high in protein was so tasty! #195by50

Is there a value to communicating the good way? I don’t know how to communicate what I’m getting at by that question.

It seems that much of what is communicated online is critique. Is there value to communicate or demonstrate the opposite of critique?

As a pastor I get a ton of ads coming across my feeds for “church leadership and growth”. As a really good friend of a Real Estate agent I also get ads for “Real Estate sales growth”.

They are the same ads.

This is as clear symptom of what is rotting the church from the inside out.

September 22, 2025 - 259.9 October 13, 2025 - 248.5 October 20, 2025 - 248.2

This week I learned that when I get tired making disciplined choices is the first thing to be jettisoned.

I also learned that consistency over the long run still pays off.

#195by50

Forgiveness, not revenge. That’s not the world’s basic math.

To withstand the storms, our faith must be: 🌱 ROOTED (deeply anchored) 🏗️ BUILT UP (on a firm foundation) ✅ STRENGTHENED (validated and sure)

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The kids are going to be alright! The Finnie goal was beautiful. #LGRW 🏒

Lives Hidden With Christ - Rooted

You can listen to the full audio here: Lives Hidden With Christ - Rooted

We continue our series in Colossians by looking at Colossians 2:6-8:

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ.

Here, Paul gets to the heart of why he wrote this letter. The church was wrestling with what he calls “empty philosophies” rooted in “human traditions” and the “elemental spiritual forces of this world”—ideas that were beginning to capture their attention and pull them away from Christ.

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Today we hosted our first seminar on mental health and well-being, “The Art of Being - Living Through Love.”

Dr Michele White spoke on having our lives overflow with love, a love of God and love of neighbor.

Erin Kracjik ended our morning speaking in cognitive behavioral therapy where we learned about how we “Feel how we think, and how we feel is how we think.”

Thanks to At Properties Christie’s Real Estate - Real MI for hosting the seminar in your Ann Arbor gathering space.

Thanks to Nate Morrison for your wonderful graphic design.

Thanks to Jennifer Gorman for organizing and leading this endeavor.

Thanks to Sarah DePriest for providing breakfast.

This afternoon and evening I am getting to witness my wife, Amy, in her element. The congregation she works for is having their missions conference this weekend. Amy gives leadership to making it happen.

I love seeing how beloved she is here. It fills my soul.