We Make Promises, (And Promises Make Us)

In Mark 14: 66 - 72 Peter denies Jesus, and breaks a promise made to Jesus made earlier in the chapter. Peter had boldly proclaimed that he loved Jesus more than any of these other disciples and Jesus replied that before dawn he would deny that he even knew Him. Our identities are formed by …

Even Change is Changing

Three stats shocked me today: on average teens spend 7.5 hours a day consuming digital media (cell phone, TV, iPod, computer, ...), on average teens spend 4 minutes a day talking to their parents, married couples, on average spend 11 minutes a day talking. We'll that just says it all.  Parents aren't raising kids, their …

A Confession

I have a confession to make. My name is Noel and I have been a closet Green Day fan for the past couple years. It is not the sort of thing that ministers can get together and compare notes on. I can't mention these songs in my sermons; shoot, I can only listen to the …

Repentance

It's ironic that last week I wrote about the power of honest confession at precisely the same time as a tragically poor example of confession was unfolding in Florida. Perhaps you heard about it. (if not pick a newspaper website and go read). The story began a couple of weeks ago. First an article in …