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31Oct 202631 Oct 2026

Salt & Light 2029, First Baptist Church Muncie: five practices of renewal. 1 Make Room, 2 Remember Forward, 3 One Clear Path, 4 All of Us, 5 Celebrate What God Counts. Matthew 5:13-14.

One Email To Rule Them All (At Least, For the Copy + Paste Tasks): More thoughts on limited AI use for “Ad-ministry”

“Should pastors use AI?” I get some truly awful emails advertising what appear to me to be large language model-assisted…

28Apr 202613 May 2026

Pentecost 2026 Family Update

Welcome to our Family Update Letter for 2026! Printable version available at bottom of this post. Click links under “contents”…

13Mar 202625 Jul 2026

A.I. That Doesn’t Steal Your Soul?

It was an hour drive from my friend Tyler’s house to the Ascent Summit this past week. We made that…

One Email To Rule Them All (At Least, For the Copy + Paste Tasks): More thoughts on limited AI use for “Ad-ministry”

31 Oct 202631 Oct 2026

"Should pastors use AI?" I get some truly awful emails advertising what appear to me to be large language model-assisted plagiarism services aimed at those of us who work for…

Pentecost 2026 Family Update

28 Apr 202613 May 2026

Welcome to our Family Update Letter for 2026! Printable version available at bottom of this post. Click links under "contents" to jump to area of interest. Contents IntroductionRSVP (for Open…

A.I. That Doesn’t Steal Your Soul?

13 Mar 202625 Jul 2026

It was an hour drive from my friend Tyler's house to the Ascent Summit this past week. We made that trip - there and back - over three days. That's…

Easter 2025 Family Update

15 Apr 202522 Apr 2025

“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.” - Romans 6:5 (NIV).…

“Why Worship?” series

26 Oct 202013 Mar 2026

Since most of my students use Instagram, I've been putting shortened ~7-8 minute versions of our youth lessons on that platform. We're also meeting in the park in person some…

Scripture Memorization Challenge (7th youth)

3 Oct 202026 Oct 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CF5Y3-EDb1W/ A short video message to introduce our focus on Scripture Memorization. Our Scripture Memorization contest. Students only may apply! Sorry adults.

9.16.20 Virtue- Temperance (Wednesday Night Bible Study)

16 Sep 202013 Mar 2026

This is an all church Wednesday Night Bible study I taught on 9.16.20 at 7th & James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. It was part of a series on the…

Is Jesus Asleep at the Wheel? (Mark 4:35-41)

27 Jun 202013 Mar 2026

A Youth sermon delivered originally on June 14th, 2020. Because this sermon was originally delivered over Zoom, and not recorded, I re-recorded it. Background: With the horrific death of George…

Titus: A Crash Course

27 Jun 202013 Mar 2026

A Seventh & James All Church Wednesday Night Bible Study. 6/24/2020 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3954645711277025 I went live on Facebook at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday June 24th with the church at 7th & James!…

6.7.20 Summer Youth Chautauqua

7 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

"Chautauqua" is what 7th & James calls its special series of Summer Sunday School classes. The Youth Ministry is focusing on Spiritual Formation for our first Chautauqua session. Each week,…