And yet, and yet…

A few months ago, we hired a new administrator and she started an exciting new phenomenon: she put Lindt Chocolate Truffles in the candy dish at her desk! With this development, I may or may not [but absolutely did] stop 3 to 4 times a day by her desk getting various options for my chocolate…

Imposter syndrome is a heck of a thing. I remember as a Freshman in college being put in charge of a team of 5 other freshmen as we traveled around Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana leading recreation for Christian camps. As an 18 year old, I was driving a 15 passenger van towing a 15′ trailer,…

I love encouraging and training leaders to become more effective in teaching and leading in the local church. In pursuit of this training in the midst of a crazy/busy world, I’ve recorded several 5-7 minute videos called XP Coaches Corner (caveat…#43 is an extra long episode). But if you teach or lead in the local…

Here in Austin, we are going to miss the massive snowstorm hitting the south. To an extent I’m happy, because the previous major winter storms we’ve faced decimated trees, cut power to thousands, and generally created chaos around us for several days. And yet, there is something about enjoying the peaceful fall of snow in…

Starting in 2017 (7 years ago…yikes!) I began a project of filming one second of video everyday and loading into an app on my phone (aptly named One Second Everyday). I got the idea from my brother in law Thom Gibson, who is the creative element of the family! Over the next seven years I…

[This is the introduction that I’ve written for the book I’m currently writing on Metamodernism and Christianity…Currently in development] I have terrible vision. As a kindergartener, I can remember struggling to see the boards (or the transparencies for those of us who went to elementary school in the Dark Ages). Sports were difficult for me,…