Membands Blog
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On Resistance: Persistence and Striking the Rock for God’s Kingdom
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When Jesus came to earth, he faithfully woke up each day and struck the rock with his hammer—he never did too much or two little when completing a good work for God's Kingdom. -
More Than Scripture Memory Pt. 1: A Panera, Product Re-Launch, and Path unto God's Faithfulness
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I walked out to my car, sat in the driver’s seat, and slammed my hands on the steering wheel. I wasn’t upset because of the bleak outlook for Membands in the days ahead. Rather, I was so frustrated that this man told it like it was—with so much realism in his tone—and left little hope for a pragmatic path forward.
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Faithfulness vs. Success: Reframing Vocational Conquest, and Memory Verses to Stay Focused
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Paul, in his admonition to Timothy, doesn’t name success through any quantifiable measure—he names success through a faithful walk alongside God. -
Getting Back to Center: On Marriage Counseling, Bible Verses, and the Power of Asking Good Questions
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There is a stigma in society that needs to be addressed and reconsidered. When one hears about a husband and wife attending regular marriage counse... -
How to Socialize in a Pandemic: A Jubilant Message for a World in Flames
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Justice will come in the form of greener pastures. It just might not be in a few years. And it might not be in a few decades, or maybe even millennia. But justice will roll in and through our streets and cities and nations as quickly as evil does today. Until then, may we swing the pendulum to the right, as well, and experience transcendence. Transcendence that might take us above our day-to-day struggle to define “What’s going on?” -
A Christ-Centered Approach in a How to Get Famous World: Scripture Memory, Meditation, and Evangelism
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To meditate on God’s Word day and night seems like a far cry from modern reality, but it’s not. God’s Word is near to us—it might reside on a desk or table in our home. Yet how close are we truly to the words spoken in that book? How might we quell anxieties and worries about the future? How might we mourn differently by turning to Truth instead of a substance or set of bad habits? -
On Mars Hill, Christian Leadership, and the Importance of Returning to God’s Word
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Once we decide to meditate on things that are of Christ—God’s Word, his life, ministry, death, and resurrection—we might find that we’re less surprised when man rocks the boat or even lets us down in a profound manner.
