Okay today is Saturday. But after the day I had yesterday, adding a photo to my blog hardly seemed a priority. This is also a photo from last year, since my Delta (which stands for Doesn’t Ever Leave The Airport) flight kept me from saying more than hi to Shane and Shane at the conference where I spoke (I missed the entire Friday night session). I am thus using a photo from a conference in Florida last year where I … →

Every year, and now on this blog, I get requests for suggested reading/bibliography on a variety of subjects. I doubt whether my list would be different or more helful than others, but it perhaps will provide a starting point for others to engage in meaningful conversation on the subject at hand. I teach each summer at Student Leadership University, the ministry of Jay Strack that actually treats young people like young men and women (for my thoughts on that see … →

Back in my seminary days at SWBTS my wife and I were members for a while at Wedgwood Baptist (Jerry Sutton was pastor). I volunteered with the youth on Wednesdays with others students, including George Guthrie, now at Union University (and can he play a piano), and Erwin McManus, now at Mosaic in LA. Erwin has been a guy out of the system in the SBC, while I have been an old fuddy-dud, living in the denominational structure…okay, I actually … →

See my new toy. I have wanted an acoustic bass for years. I got to play it Sunday PM at Epicenter, and it was a treat! It was also great to have Matt Lytle, PhD student and musician, to lead us, and to have Josh giving some rhythm with the djembe and Daniel Moore adding a sweet sax to the mix. I think David might play a sax today…Or maybe a Les Paul?

I love teenagers. This is a group from Longview Heights Baptist Church in Mississippi just south of Memphis. The band and I did a DNow there in February. This is one of the greatest groups of students ever. The two fine looking students in the front are our Hannah and Josh.