Prodigal Magazine
Q&A – What is God’s relationship to time?
Answer: We live in a physical world with its four known space-time dimensions of length, width, height (or depth) and time. However, God dwells in a different dimension—the spirit realm—beyond the perception of our physical senses. It’s not that God isn’t real; it’s a matter of His not being limited by the physical laws and dimensions that govern our world (Isaiah 57:15). Knowing that “God is spirit” (John 4:24), what is His relationship to time?In Psalm 90:4, Moses used a simple yet profound analogy in describing the timelessness of God: “For a thousand years in Your sight are like a day ...
Michael Catt Interview (Creator of Facing The Giants and Fireproof)
Last week, I got an email from a literary agency asking me if I would be interested in interviewing Michael Catt. Many of you may not know who he is. He is the Senior Pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA and the creator of movies such as Facing The Giants, Fireproof and the newly announced production Courageous that will be hitting the big screen next year. God has moved in and through his church to be an encouragement to many, so I sat down with him today to discuss his role as a pastor, an author and ...
MIKESCHAIR Interview
As the world looks in on Christianity today, they are looking for honesty and for sincerity. Too often, what they have found is hypocrisy in those who profess to be followers of Christ. As a new generation of bands hits the forefront in Christianity today, we are seeing a transparency that has never been seen before. MIKESCHAIR is one band who is definitely not afraid to openly discuss who they are, hoping that in their journey with the Lord, others may relate and come to know Him as well. MIKESCHAIR formed while they were students at Belmont University. The Lord has ...
Father of the Decade
As I began to consider this concept, I thought it would be fairly easy. After all, how many fathers are there in the world? There must be many that stand out. How much news has been reported in the last ten years? There must be great fathers among the reports. Soon after beginning my research, I realized this was going to be a difficult, if not impossible, task. There are fathers in the news alright. Recently there was Dr. Umaru Abdulmutallab, the father of Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, otherwise known as the "underpants bomber", or the "undergarments bomber", or something like that. He is ...
Interview – Phil Wickham
A few weeks ago, I took a silent retreat into the North Carolina wilderness to get alone with God and to allow him to speak to my heart. I took a copy of 1 cd on my ipod, Heaven and Earth which is Phil Wickham’s latest album that releases on November 17. God spoke to me in many ways through scripture but He allowed Phil’s music to bring me to a point of true worship. I sat down with Phil this morning to talk a little bit about who he is, his career and what inspires his songwriting abilities. History Q- Give ...
15 unique business cards and our simple one
Business cards are a bit of an obsession to me. I love to see people think out of the box and use the classic tradition of the business card exchange as a chance to impress and inspire. New printing techniques allow unique ideas to come to life and has pushed the plain 3.5 x2 rectangle card into near extinction. There are great services online that allow you to take your creation, customize it and have it shipped to your door in days.
Continue reading...To my prodigal family. Thank you
29. June 2009
Hey guys, It has been awhile since I wrote a blog post, the Table Project, is keeping me pretty busy, but after receiving this letter from a supporter of the magazine, I felt overwhelmed to send you all a message. When I started Prodigal about 5 years ago this Sept. I honestly didn't know how long it would run. Life changes, circumstances change etc. and I have not always been the most disciplined person in my life. However, for some reason, God has kept this thing going. I want to take a minute and thank you.
Continue reading...A Happy Father’s Day
21. June 2009
It has been awhile since our last blog so I thought I would do a special blog for fathers in honor of Father’s Day. Not like most kids, I had 2 physical fathers in my life. I grew up in a divorced home and had a father and a step father and they live on [...]
Continue reading...Twitter Contest
17. April 2009
Its that time of year when free stuff just needs to be dished out. Taxes have come and gone! You have paid Uncle Sam what they need and you need some free stuff to recover from that. This is going to be the first official Twitter contest. If you don’t know what Twitter is check [...]
Continue reading...NBA standings and boobs
23. March 2009
Where is the limit? I understand that when I visit certain sites that I should expect to be targeted to by images of scantly clad women. I expect to see advertisements for lovelines when I am watching late night tv, but where do these media companies draw the line. It is Saturday afternoon, and as I am browsing the internet just checking on the latest NBA standings, I get this.
Continue reading...Toilet Water vs. Drinking Water
24. February 2009
There are many things in this world that cause me to ask God "Why?" As I have done more research on the water epedimic in the world, I am continuously annoyed by the way we live here in America. After learning more and more about Living Water International, our partner ministry for OneMillionWitnesses.com, the pictures and stories continue to haunt me. They haunt me when I go the bathroom and see the crystal clean water, they haunt me when I reach for a bottled water or hear people complain about our tap water. They haunt me when people won't even take a swim in the lake if it has a tint of green. People are dying. People are dying from dirty water, when it it flowing right under their feet. Please do what you can. Conserve water. Below are a few links of organizations that are fighting the water epidemic. Post your ideas for conserving water in the comments.
Continue reading...Kanye, Pinocchio and Perspective
23. January 2009
My wife and I were recently having a discussion on perspective. Why does it seem like we are always striving for something just out of reach? Why are we looking to do the next thing, travel to the next place, buy the next gadget? What is it about the human condition that feeds the rat race mentality? Is it the marketing society we live in? " If you have this new dish detergent, your life will be complete and clean" Is it the MTV effect? We see all the movie stars and the rock stars and want our own minute of fame. This discussion reminded me of the bonus track on the new Kanye West cd entitled "Pinocchio's story" which he performed in Singapore. I love the transparency of this track, as Kanye talks about being on the other side. He should have everything. Money, cars, talent, women....and yet he wants what he can't have. Check out the lyrics and the video below.
Continue reading...Thank you for my wife Dr. King
21. January 2009
MLK day has never seemed so personal to me. Yes, it has always been a day history, speeches, and tributes by atheletes as I watched the game, but it never really sunk in. As I sat on our couch this MLK day, putting my fingers through my wife's dark curly hair, I was suddenly overwhelmed with gratitude. The work of this man as well as hundreds of others, paived the way for my wife and I to live in a nation that does not persecute interracial marriage. Other than a few people staring here and there, we have not had to endure the hatred that men and women in interracial relationships have in the past. My curiousity grew about this subject, so I looked into some historical facts to see just how far we have come as a nation. Are we truly tollerant of the ultimate desegregation? A white man, married to a black woman?
Continue reading...The branding history of Prodigal Magazine…
19. November 2008
Oh the journey of branding an online magazine. An idea, evolved into a vision which evolved into our first really bad logo. A Christian fish with a top hat....thank goodness it never went public until now.
Continue reading...Prayer Mumbling…
30. October 2008
The other day I found myself making noises for no reason. Well, I shouldn't say for no reason...sub consiously I wanted to affirm the person praying but realized that I was just making sounds to make sounds. I rattled the same thing off under my tongue over and over...."Yes Lord"....."Thank You Father". As I realized that I did this out of good intention but soon out of routine, it started bothering me. I started to listen to everyone's version of "prayer mumbling"...and wondered if they were being authentic or just going through the motions. You know you do it.....some people just make sounds like...."hmmmmm" others say entire sentances under their breath like...."Yes, heavenly Father, please, we beg you...
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19. November 2009
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