Acts

Back in the early 2000s I was told that Christianity was growing fastest in two places in the world. One was South America — […]

Since it’s Father’s Day, I figured I had a good excuse to pull out my box of dad jokes — a gift from my […]

Justin and Trisha Davis moved to Indianapolis in 2002 to plant a church, and it exploded. Within a year, hundreds of people called Genesis […]

Eighteen years ago I made the best decision of my life: I put my faith in Jesus Christ and surrendered my life to Him. […]

One day a young man in his early twenties came into my office, back when I was serving as a young adult pastor at […]

Back in the stone ages — before Roku and Apple TV and Fire sticks, when those of us living in the early 2000s had […]

Let me start with a question. Think of the most caring person you have ever known. It’s Mother’s Day, so many of you will […]

Years ago, when my wife and I lived in Cedar Rapids, I was standing outside talking with one of my neighbors, and I found […]

A year and a half ago we did a series called Defining Church, and in it I told a story about my daughters. At […]

On Easter Sunday of 2014 — April 20th — Riverwood Church launched. Except if you really think about it, we didn’t start on April […]

My mom says that when I was three or four years old, I had a hero. That’s not unusual. Most three- and four-year-olds have […]

Have you ever had the sense that you simply had to do something? You couldn’t explain it, but you felt compelled. I’m supposed to […]