Simplify to Amplify: Elevate, Engage, Empower
Cutting Through Complexity In the vast and varied landscape of church work, pregnancy center outreach, and Christian service, it’s easy to overcomplicate our objectives. Often, we find ourselves trapped in analysis paralysis, where overthinking leads to inaction. I...
Directing Our Disdain: Recognizing the True Enemy in Our Midst
Misdirected Anger In today's world, as we witness the unfolding of moral decay and societal divisions, it's natural to feel anger and dismay. Often, my initial reaction is to direct these emotions towards the individuals who propagate harmful actions and ideologies....
Not Alone: How the Church Can Truly Support Women and Men Faced With Pregnancy Decisions
Recently, an article highlighted a heart-wrenching scenario of women alone in bathrooms, performing self-induced abortions. Transparently, my gut response to this type of reporting is usually anger followed by more anger coupled with a deep sadness as the author of...
Preach the Word
I have spent a lot of time thinking about, writing about, and speaking about life and abortion. This is often done in a favorable or agreeable context, but there have been moments where I was told to lay off the hot-button issues. It is usually framed to me like this;...
A Conviction or an Inconvenience
My wife and I recently welcomed our fifth child to the family back on January 10th. The birth of a child, especially one of your own, forces one to do some deep thinking. I think about the time I have left and what I want to pass on to the next generation. I find...
Hope and Healing is Possible…SOHL and Abortion Recovery and Care
As we enter into another Sanctity of Human Life (SOHL) Sunday, I wanted to offer you a couple of opportunities that might help you better serve those sitting in your pews this week. SOHL week always brings about a great deal of emotions for a host of reasons, but a...
Ready and Willing…A Making Life Disciples’ Story of Redemption
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus...
Why Do the Unborn Matter?
I do my best thinking on walks. I am not sure what it is about getting outside and taking in some fresh air, but, for me, it always gets my mind firing. During a recent walk I started processing through a question that I have answered, preached on, and discussed for...
Sanctity of Human Life Month
It is hard to believe that we are just over a year removed from the Dobbs' decision and the overturning of Roe! We have spent decades speaking up for life and longing for this day, and, at times, I find myself in shock that June 24, 2022, actually happened. We have...
God’s Leading: The Best Practice
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:5-6 "So what brings you here today?" Client Advocate...