Coming to Alabama to visit my folks affords me the opportunity to escape—from the paperwork at the office I loathe, and from the students I love, or at least the myriad of questions they pose about life and ministry and communicating the gospel to this generation and howtheywanttochangetheworldanddoitnowand… I love these students. But like the Southwest Airlines commercial, sometimes I gotta get away (and students definitely like to get away from professor types like me). So here I am in … →

Some folks have emailed about my speaking schedule and other sundry things. It seems too self serving for me to post my speaking, as if what I am doing were any more important than anyone else (it isn’t). But, since people ask, and I long to have more and more pray for me (and the poor souls who listen to me preach and teach), maybe the following will spur someone to intercede a bit. Besides, updating my speaking schedule on … →

Well after a few days of jumping deep into blogdom I will head to Alabama to visit my folks. In Alabama the tea is sweet and the days are hot, and at my parents’ home the internet is dial up . So, I will likely not be spending much time on the net, instead soaking up mom’s home cooking and spending time with dad, whose heart is not good and whose body is weary from over a decade of battling … →

here is Matt Lytle leading us at a DNow in Arizona back in the day.

Josh playing with the band at the Florida Youth Evangelism Conference 05