One of my favorite scenes from a superhero movie happens in the original Avengers from 2012. It's been a while, so here is a quick plot refresher. Loki, brother of Thor and the god of mischief, is trying to take over Earth by using interdimensional beasts as his minions. A team of heroes, known as The Avengers, puts aside their differences and quirky personalities to defend Earth.  Read More

I grew up blocks from the beach, and we went often. Because of this, I became quite a skilled sand mason. One of the games we would play while building our sand castles was "War." But it was not war against each other. It was war against the waves. We would attempt to build castles that could withstand attack from the Atlantic Ocean.  Read More

At some point in our lives, we have all conformed to our peers. Whether it was something as innocent as laughing when everyone was laughing (even though you didn't get the joke) or as gross as bullying someone because everyone else was. At first, there is pain when one conforms to the group, yet for most, it is less painful than standing out. The truth is, even if you think you are a free thinker,...  Read More

The Lord did a miracle and we bought a house in Boston a couple of years ago. When we moved in, there were a few DIY projects we wanted to do, but it definitely was not a fixer-upper. Yet, there was one issue that had not shown up in the inspection or any of the walk-throughs: The house was haunted. Not by ghosts... but by mice.  Read More

Did you ever build a model rocket in science class? In our house, we didn't just build them for school, we built them for fun. Growing up, it was easily a top-five family activity for me.  Read More

It is not unusual for me to encourage people who are struggling with purpose and direction. So many of us can get caught up in what feels like a rat race. We may feel like we are waking up every weekday to do the same old thing and in the same old place. Then we enjoy our weekend, go to church, and start it all again on Monday. Without purpose and perspective, it can all seem meaningless.  Read More

The joke is that pastors only work one hour a week... during the church service. I mean, what is a pastor supposed to do with all those other hours during the week? Well, these pastors got extremely creative with their work hours.  Read More

In case you missed it, the Christopher Nolan directed historical drama on J. Robert Oppenheimer's quest to build the Atomic bomb was a hit. And you may say... it blew up. Excluding Barbie and Spider-man, a drama on a 20th century theoretical physicist was the highest grossing movie of the summer. "Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived," Director Christopher Nolan contended to Time Magazine. "He made the world we live in, for better or for worse.”  Read More

In a college class I took about student ministry games, camps, and activities, they taught us about "True danger" and "Perceived danger."  Read More

Allie and I have opposite perspectives on time. I run on "clock-time" and she runs on "event-time." Clock-time means that when an event starts at 10 AM, you show up at 10 AM (If not earlier). Event-time is far less rigid. Event-time means certain events are completed during the day, but there is no set schedule or defined start or ending for them. The next event starts when the last one ends.  Read More

Do you know how blessed we are in New England during the summer? We might have one month of temperatures near or around 90º. But get this, there were some places in the U.S. yesterday that were over 100º! I don't mean Death Valley. I mean regular places where people live. With that in mind, I saw a friend from one of those regions recently post this meme. In New England, though, August signals the...  Read More

Olan is my fourth-born child and he is turning eight years old tomorrow It's true what they say, the days are long, but the years are short.  Read More