Jimmys Table

A spirit of discontent often causes us to seek out "greener pastures" on the other side of the fence. This is really common at New Years. In my latest podcast, I look at Psalm 23, and show how the Lord helps us navigate all the comings and goings of life.

Hope isn't always a good thing. Hope can drive a man insane and make his heart sick. In today's podcast, I explore both the good and bad sides of hope, and explore where our deepest of hopes needs to ultimatley be found.

"Jesus is the reason for the season," and we do need to put "Christ back into Christmas." But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be materialistic at Christmas. In today's podcast, I look at why I believe Christmas needs to be a materialistic holiday...

"Cancel culture" isn't just a pop culture phenomenon in America, but is something that has existed in the church for a long time. In today's podcast, I look at cancel culture in the context of pastoral ministry, and how we must look to make whole again, those who have been removed from ministry.

Should you celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving? On today's show, Corey Forsyth comes on to defend the practice of celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving...

This past week, at the ripe old age of 37, I had a brush with death as the result of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot) being formed in my lungs. In today's podcast, I talk about how this suddenly happened, how I sought emergency medical treatment, and how I wrestled with my own mortality. I also share about how my faith in Jesus Christ brought comfort to me in the situation.

Should you start celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving? In today's podcast, I provide 9 reasons I HATE Christmas festivities prior to Thanksgiving.

For much of our history, Christianity has been often been a one man show. There has always been a Pope type figure reigning supreme, and calling all the shots. Today's podcast envisions a church without any Popes.

As Christians, we love anytime Christians become celebrities or celebrities become Christians. Kayne West's recent conversion is a lesson in this. Today's podcast explores the dangers associated with our Christian celebrity culture, and the alternative culture I believe we need to cultivate.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren may dream of a time in which Jimmy Hoffa is resurrected from the dead. But are things really as bad as they say? Do we really need to overhaul our current system and replace it with a Democtractic Socialist utopia?

The Amber Guyger murder trial of Botham Jean is a powerful reminder that justice AND mercy are not opposing concepts, but are rooted in the nature of God, and an expression of the cross of Jesus Christ.

‪I grew up a shy and sheltered homeschooler. I was afraid of a lot of things in my life. Those fears crippled me. But as I grew, I would eventually overcome my fears through faith, hope, and love. ‬Today’s podcast is all about embracing and overcoming fear.

I recently broke my leg while doing some high school youth ministry. Such has taught me a few painful life lessons that I would like to share with you...

A look at what it means to be "politically homeless" as a Christian, with no loyalty to Republicans, Democrats, orLibertarian political parties in America.

Jesus said "Let him who has ears, let him hear!" In an age where social media dominates and we thrive off clickbait, I believe we need to learn to hear. We must move beyond clickbait headlines that sizzle, and seek out opportunities for hearing what someone else has to say.

A Canadian Christian sits down with an American Christian to talk about our cultural blindspots. We talk about the culture wars: nationalism, abortion, homosexuality/gay marriage, immigration, guns, and the role of the Church in politics.

No matter how big or how small, every church has two churches within her. There is an odd disconnect between the platform and the pew, and it's been this way for centuries, inspite of all our different church models. Today's podcast is all about asking some tough questions and starting a conversation. How can we bridge this gap? How can we become one church?

As followers of Jesus, I believe we are called to a non-violent way of life. We should have a different relationship to guns and war, as we live out a prophetic witness to our generation.

Instead of looking down at singles and those delaying marriage, I believe we as the Church need to not only celebrate singleness, but we should promote it and encourage singleness. Instead of treating singles as defective lepers who have something wrong with them, we need to teach that singleness is an amazing gift that should be embraced.

My wife and I were previously engaged to multiple other people, before we ever met. Our love story is one of broken roads, which God ultimately redeemed, to help us find one another.