When the Sun Goes Down

When the Sun Goes Down

Three months before Ryan and I moved our family from Minnesota to Las Vegas to plant Advance Church, we started a little crusade called the “Sun Stand Still group.” We had a box of Steven Furtick’s books delivered to our house and figured we could use them to embolden...
Sovereign Over Us

Sovereign Over Us

I didn’t write on a stone at the close of the IF:Gathering like nearly everyone else did. I needed some time to retreat to the quiet before I could mark what God wanted me to see there. I felt so much pride as an IF:Local host and as a church planter that I was scared...
IF:Gathering 2015

IF:Gathering 2015

I have searched my heart for weeks, attempting at least half a dozen times to place just the right words in this space about the IF:Gathering. I thought that if I could just write pretty or bravely or passionately enough, then you would understand. Then you would...
Easter & The Size Of It All: A Parable

Easter & The Size Of It All: A Parable

I know you’re trying not to look, Church Planter, but it’s hard not to notice. The “multiple services at multiple locations beginning Thursday night at 6:30.” The 12,000 eggs they’re dropping from a helicopter on Saturday. The t-shirts they’re giving to everyone they...