Thankful for my beautiful, sweet daughter

Everyone has dreams about their future. On December 4, 2006 a nurse said to me, “here you go daddy, meet your daughter.” And for the first time I was able to hold this dream come true:

It’s the end of the world as we know it…

…and I feel fine.

Of course I do. And for the most part slept like a baby last night or at the least like an exhausted, slightly overworked kid-at-heart. And once it arrives in the mail I’ll proudly wear my new t-shirt:

Praying for 26 families

Whether or not today is a day of worship for you, please remember to pray for the families and friends of these 26 victims from Friday’s shooting. They are still in deep, intense mourning and need our prayers.

• Charlotte Bacon, 6

My most read blog posts in 2012

“Busy” would be a pretty good summary word of my 2012. Traveling with Logos, pastoring New Life Lincoln Park, teaching at Moody and having an amazing family pretty much fills up every second of every day (and then some). So though I wasn’t able to blog anywhere near as much…

Tears for Newtown

Of all He has given us there is nothing
more powerful than choice.
It is a hammer, full of potential and danger,
able to destroy or to build.
Yesterday someone used it to shatter.

Some free Christmas music for you!

Last year our awesome worship team at New Life Lincoln Park recorded a Christmas CD for our church family. It is incredibly well done and a great download for your next couple days of festivities. Though obviously biased, our fam has been jamming out to it in the car…

What Christmas is all about…

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal…

Now is the time for tears

I went to pick up Baylee a little earlier than normal from school today. Rushed a little faster from the car to get to the door. Squeezed a little harder than normal when she ran to me. Because my heart shatters right now for the parents who lost their little ones in Connecticut…