a Crashter’s thoughts on applying Bright Spots

Confession Alert: I spend a lot of Sunday nights and Monday mornings wondering if the hours and energy I invested into a 40 minute talk will have any impact long-term. Continue reading →

What has given you hope?

We are wrapping up our current study of Philippians, entitled Bright Spots, this upcoming Sunday night. Frankly, this series has accomplished its purpose in me. I have heard from a Continue reading →

failure? really?

Last night, Maxie challenged all of us at Crash to consider how failure can become our bright spot.  A unique idea indeed. Some of the follow-up comments he made were: Continue reading →

Who are your bright spots?

On Sunday night, Maxie talked about how Paul sent Timothy and Epaphroditus to the people of Philippi because they were two of his bright spots. Maxie went on to say Continue reading →

in other words

Maxie shared last night at Crash about how often we go looking for Bright Spots among the “what” of life’s circumstances, rather than among the “who” of the people who Continue reading →

De-stabilizing your worldview

I was watching a video with my students this morning in our college bible study. One of the men on the video described how God de-stabilized Job’s worldview and the Continue reading →

why believe in bright spots?

There were a couple parts of Philippians 1 that I was unable to focus on in my message to keep it focused and tight.  But I would like to reflect Continue reading →

His happiest letter

In preparing to teach last Sunday night at Crash on Philippians 1, I read the following section from the introduction to Philippians in The Message New Testament I have.  I Continue reading →

how did we get here?

Last night at Crash, I referred to the power of Paul’s modeling of joy for the people he was writing to in the book of Philippians.  I was reminded of Continue reading →