Author: Steve Endress

If you haven’t heard this phrase, just trust me that it used to be a polarizing statement. I’d like to take this discussion in a certain direction…it came up in a teaching session recently. I actually think I speak more clearly about it than I’ll be able to share here, so I’m going to post…

A couple discussions bred the title of this post. First, I was listening to my news program of the week on a Monday (The World and Everything In it) in which the economist was explaining a Christian’s worldview around economy, as being one of abundance–we believe that wealth is not fixed but is a direct…

I’ve been enjoying my new friend Marcus. He makes me think. We love the Lord, we are growing in our love for Shop Fix Academy and we do love discussing our religious backgrounds. Let’s just say we share a lot in common in our backgrounds but also retain a very localized perspective on church–we have…

Betsy and I took Willa and Isla on a train trip to Chicago earlier this year. We had a really special time. We were playing games and keeping Truett occupied when I noticed an elderly, stately-looking gentleman sneaking peaks at us. I struck up a conversation (he looked familiar to me, too) and learned he…

I read recently that ‘video shorts’ is already a billion-dollar industry. It shows my age….because I haven’t found any reason to engage in such a thing. When I do see a ‘short’, I’m reminded how polarizing out-of-context content is. I’m also reminded that attention spans are shrinking, and ‘shorts’ is encouraging that to shrink further.…

I overheard two Christian young men talking about spectator sports yesterday, and one of my first thoughts was, is this the type of son-in-law I’ll have someday? By ‘spectator sports,’ I mean the self-serving kind of activities of college and pro sports and all the junk surrounding it. I also mean the end of the…

At the end of my Bible study time at Royal Oaks, a resident popped a big question. I know I should be gentle with these folks, but I admit to having some hot button issues that I can hardly resist. His question was, ‘are we headed for World War III?’ “NO”, I said. And…then there…

We enjoyed hosting a church potluck yesterday and one brother posited the difficulty of mixing Christianity and politics. I told him I tended to agree…but there are so many angles to this subject that we spent the next hour discussing just a few. Eventually, I’ll get to the point! American Christianity is a unique thing.…

I’m not talking about the yo-yo effect of watching liquid assets bounce around like a ping pong ball in some publicly-traded mechanism. That’s more like the rush you get from gambling…maybe because it actually is closer to gambling, as in, “I think I’ll roll the dice with this stock, let’s play my hand at bitcoin…