As we head into Fathers Day weekend doesn’t your dad deserve something more than a tie, socks or a Starbucks gift card? Here are eight great gifts to get your pops this year. 1. Bacon Flavored Toothpaste Brushing your teeth with a strip of fried bacon is tricky. If it’s too crisp it will break […]
I don’t know how you would answer that question, but I am a pastor, and I own a Porsche. To live curiously and collect curious things does not always make sense to everyone. Twenty years ago when I was a youth pastor in Indianapolis, I wrote three books for youth pastors: Things They Didn’t Teach […]
For much of my early ministry life, I was being told, you are going to be the “next” rather than the “first.” I believe this all started when I was at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. I was an up and coming youth pastor, and it was natural and meant to be a compliment […]
In recent months I have been considering the books/movies in the DIVERGENT series. This series has spoken curiously to something deep inside of my multi-hyphenate-life. If you have not read the books or seen the movies, the big idea is, in the future there are five factions: And everyone has one particular faction where they […]
Last night I took my 14-year-old son Cole (@colelclark) to his first U2 concert. It was a gift for me as a dad to spend a killer night at a concert where I knew the band would not violate my trust. It was an amazing adventure, and, as expected, there was zero profanity and no […]
Today is Mothers Day and I wanted give a shout out to my mom, Rita, and my amazing wife Rene. This verse definitely applies to each of you. Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all! ~ Proverbs 31:28-29 Here are […]
I am at the Orange Conference in Atlanta this week speaking & soaking up so many great lessons. This is PART ONE of my session “How To Reach and Keep Families.” I am breaking this blog article into two parts because the session talked first about “WHO” we are trying to reach and then “HOW” to […]
Have you seen the hashtag #humblebrag on social media? It’s a common online announcement for people who want to humbly state how amazing they are or how what they have just done is amazing. The discipline of living a quietly curious life is difficult. Nothing disciplines our flesh, ego and humanity like doing good things […]
It was a year ago when our 15 year old daughter told us she wanted to do something different for her 16th birthday. Rather than receive gifts, she wanted to give to someone in need. She didn’t want to receive any birthday gifts but instead to ask family and friends to donate money that would build a […]
I’m excited to announce that I will be leading a trip to the Dominican Republic this summer with CCV and GO Ministries. I have been to the Dominican Republic about a dozen times and I’m stoked to take a small group of 15 people to see the impact that’s being made long term. We can […]
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