In David Platt’s book, Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need, readers experience an 8-day trek through Himalayan trails. In those trails, the Gospel is not always welcomed. Platt’s first-hand account details...
When it comes to Gospel living, I’m realizing there are some Gospel problems. It’s not problems with the Gospel, but problems with how we understand, teach and live it. I’ll explain that in more detail soon. First, let me share that 1Glories is a platform where I...
It’s unnatural to really feel the personal pain of someone else. You can sympathize, but really feeling the suffrage of another isn’t something we intuitively do. And why does it matter anyway? Well, for starters, it’s a way we can keep our own personal pain in...
I credit many people as being positive personal influences in my life. Some are long-time influences, while others are short-lived. Likewise, there were many events and happenstance that I pinpoint as personal influences of both me and my entire generation. Take a...
A former co-worker once told me she was meditating on the idea of Speak Truth in love, and she saw me. She said she saw me and visible words literally flowing from me. It was both awkward and humbling. We spoke very little of it ever again. As she explained, it was...
Many folks report having spirit promptings – a compulsion or feeling of obligation seemingly from God. For instance, I once did mission work with someone who was convinced she was supposed to give her shoes to a resident of the area we were working in. Looking...
How do we present the Gospel to kids? More importantly, how do we present the Gospel to kids in a way they can understand? Oh yeah, and how do we use it to set the foundation for lifelong discipleship? These questions, and many like it, are common among children’s...
I started this blog intent on seeing 1Glories grow into a successful business with a Gospel focused mission. That specific mission has evolved from being simple inspiration to that of help others are refining life. I fully expect it to continue evolving as God so...
It’s coming up on ten years since my book, Baseball in Fort Wayne was first published. In my most recent book, Listen Up, Kids, I share the events that allowed that dream to became a reality. It’s a remarkable story that really shows the way God is...
Lately, I have been doing a lot of analysis and having conversations with many folks (in addition to a lot of prayer) over the direction of 1Glories. Resulting from all this is a slight upcoming pivot in the approach that will be used here at 1Gories. Having studied...
One of the things I love about the way God speaks to us through His word is the dialectics – the idea that polarity exists within the context of the whole. I’ m not suggesting that it’ s contradictions or that God’s word and promises change....
“And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” ~ Isaiah 60:3 Matthew portrays Jesus at the beginning and ending of his Gospel as a universal Messiah for all nations. When I think about how much the world has changed in terms of...