Last night I drove from Oshkosh to my parent's house in the Lake Geneva area to find a lot of mail! I love that feeling! I heard back from several people who have joined my team of ministry partners! It has been so encouraging to see how God has … [Read more]
vision
One of the great things about working for a great organization like Campus Crusade is that they have a ton of resources to help their staff members. Today I was doing some work on the Ministry Partner Development (a.k.a. support raising) website and … [Read more]
shane & shane. no. HOPE.
Have you ever had the thought go through your mind, while you are in the midst of doing something God has called you to, “I’m crazy.†Well, most of my young walk with the Lord has been made up of this voice in my brain. I don’t want to muse … [Read more]
events, programs and the Bandwagon
Last week I was blessed by my former boss, Curtis Riskey, the owner of Basic Books in Oshkosh, WI. Curtis is one of my favorite people! He seeks to resource and provide the means by which people can grow closer to the Lord by operating a Christian … [Read more]
encouraging email
Right now I’m sitting in the Reeve Union of the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh looking out through these huge windows on the UW-O main strip. I’ve always loved this campus during the fall, and it feels kind of comforting to be sitting here. … [Read more]
pus. white chocolate carmel mocha. incarnational living. encouragement.
As I write this I’m looking out of a Starbucks’ window out to one of my most favorite city squares in all of the United States. It happens to be mere miles from the home that I was born in. I’m sitting in Woodstock, IL. If you have never been … [Read more]
wrestling match
This week has been tough. I’m not speaking only from my perspective, but for thousands, no check that, millions of people who are hurting this week. I have been watching the news nearly nonstop. My heart has been broken time and time again as I s … [Read more]
newspaper article
It has been a couple of days since I got something up here, but I just got an email with the article that was in my hometown paper. Thanks again to the author, Dan Truttschel, for writing the article. I’ve already had some people from the comm … [Read more]
emerging church
So I was going to post an entry about the emerging church and all of that, but it keeps getting pushed off. But I wanted to direct you to another blog that had a good entry and also some thoughts from one of favorite dudes, Michael Horton. Here is a … [Read more]
the brothers grimm
Last night I went to the movies with my grandparents! I know what you might be thinking, “Man, what’s going on with Zach. Hanging out with his grandparents?†Don’t worry, I haven’t crawled into a shell since I’ve been back in the States … [Read more]