Approaching God

June 12, 2018 by Kevin Johnson

What is a Sunday morning like for your family? I feel like I’ve watched families walk in to church like they have just survived a war. It's got to be hard. It is difficult enough for me to get myself to church on time - I can't imagine getting four other humans dressed and in the right place before I get to church.

I grew up in a family of three boys. There were definitely times when my mom declared “silent car” on the drive to church. I think my parents tried to figure out ways to get us up and going with some kind of consistency on Sunday mornings, and this is partly how they did it:

Chocolate milk.

Pick Up the Phone

March 01, 2018 by Kevin Johnson

I bet you've had this experience before: there is a friend or family member that you haven't talked to in a while. You need to catch up. You know you should call them, but you just can't seem to get around to it. It crosses your mind all the time, but you're always too busy to pick up the phone. Inevitably, a couple of days after you fail to make the call, your phone rings.

Living by Something We Haven't Read

February 27, 2018 by Kevin Johnson

Everyone has experienced someone asking them the dreaded question, "What have you been reading in the Bible lately?" Whether it's a pastor, friend, or your parents, you don't really know what to say. Because you haven't been reading Scripture, you don't have a good answer. But you know you can't be honest and tell them that because you feel guilty. Also, you like the Bible. You quote the Bible. You try to live by the Bible. So it doesn't make sense, even to you, for you to say that you haven't been reading it. So many times we land right there: trying to live by something we haven't read.