Tailgate Theme Revealed! May 14, 2012

Each year we restart the Life Group season by gathering all our groups in Outlook’s parking lot the last Sunday of August for a massive Tailgate Party.  We’ve done all kinds of things: chili cookoffs, hot dog eating contests (never again), thrown pies at the ministers, had Elvis show up for our ribfest. The secret [...]

Some Things are More Important May 1, 2012

I recently had the opportunity to join the other Outlook men on their annual Golf Trip to Tennessee.  Four days of golf in new courses I have never played before, I was excited.  I’ll be honest with you, I was mostly looking forward to the golf.  When it’s not summer time, I can usually get [...]

The Great Fifty Days April 23, 2012

A misconception about Easter is that it takes place on one solitary Sunday, appropriately called Easter Sunday.  But Easter is much more than one day, it’s an entire season.  In the history of the church, Easter has always been a season, known as the Great Fifty Days, beginning on Easter (Resurrection) Sunday and concluding with [...]

Are you ready for some…Golf? April 12, 2012

Each spring for the past several years a group of men has headed south for a time of great fellowship, relationship building, and golf.  Lots of golf.  The group has grown to over 40 this year, and everyone seems to be excited about going.  Remember that word “going.” Back in January our Community Outreach Team [...]

Are you “Ready to Go”? January 17, 2012

Last weekend our Community Outreach Team had a planning retreat.  Lots of good things were done!  Rob McCord started they day reminding us of the vision and purpose of Outlook Christian Church and the Community Outreach Ministry.  Then I had the opportunity to share some things that I see coming as I take on my [...]

I Love my Life Group January 12, 2012

Ifyou’re not in a Life Group, I hope this unabashed declaration of love makes you wish you were.  My group has been having breakfast together every Thursday of the year since our first meeting at Steak ‘n Shake in spring 2003. We moved to Bob Evans years ago and occupy a corner table from 7:00 [...]

Another New Year? December 29, 2011

Is it true?  Are we really about to start another New Year?  I’m still not used to writing 2011 yet!  The older, er…more mature, I get the faster time seems to pass.  I heard an explanation for this phenomenom on the radio this morning.  When we are very young, say about four years old, one [...]

No Dud Christmas December 7, 2011

Every Christmas there is one dud gift. It’s the bottle of “Mr. Bubble” from the aunt that can’t grasp we grew up.  The box of fudge for the diabetic.  The department store underwear. It’s the last gift to be opened, and the first to be omitted when you answer the post-Christmas question, “What did you [...]

Theology or Reality? November 15, 2011

When we think of the Christian life, we often emphasize the importance of a solid theological foundation concerning our faith.  And while theology is important, the REALITY of our faith is equally important. What I mean is this:  If I have a Biblical theology of grace, forgiveness and love, but I neglect to exercise and [...]

Karma September 16, 2011

I’ve heard many people over the last few minutes talk about Karma. Karma: action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad. Karma is the idea that what goes around comes around.  It’s the mindset that you have what’s coming to you.  It’s the thought many people expressed when Osama Bin Laden was finally tracked and killed for his plot of 9/11.  I [...]