One of my friends loves Jesus. That sounds commonplace doesn’t it? It becomes less pedestrian when I tell you that his Mom died a drug addict and his father was…
Author: Matt Tullos

Stick with the Plan. Keep it Simple Somehow
The high school football coach was being heckled mercilessly in the first quarter by all the player’s dads. He just kept calling the same running plays over and over again.…

Don’t Drive Like Jehu
What is it about driving that turns a normal guy into a crazed lunatic? We’ve all seen it, haven’t we? But I think I have some clues: Men love races…

Silence: It’s Not Just Golden
I was alone the night a violent thunderstorm hit our town and the electricity went out. At that moment I was watching a football game, scanning twitter and listening to…

The Power of a Broken Life
Annie Johnson Flint’s life declares the greatness of God in the midst of confusion and pain. She was orphaned as a baby. She lived in a home that bordered on…

5 Ways to GO BIG Today
I walked into a karaoke ambush! Students and parents alike were singing important musical compositions like- “Call Me Maybe,” “We are the Champions,” and “Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting” and…

Kids and Permanent Markers
How have we hidden them? On top of the refrigerator, hidden in the top drawer of a dresser, or guarded by Navy Seals in an iron safe and monitored by…

If I die, I die.
A few years ago, a friend of mine was diagnosed with throat cancer. It was a devastating diagnosis that ultimately brought him to his knees in utter fear and doubt.…

The Brown Branch
my grandfather lived in a simple house near a winding cool branch with slipery stones and verdant woods I approach the treeline where mystery lay and there in the shade…