A Letter from New York

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Dear Ignite Family,   I am writing to you from our 8th floor apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, 10 minutes from Central Park and complete with walk-in wardrobes. […]
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It Wasn’t an Accident

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It’s funny how each year something about the Easter story highlights itself to me. It’s great because each year I add to my knowledge of and gratefulness for the events […]
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A Life of Excess

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Salt.   Fat.   Sugar.   Which one would win the title of Public Health Enemy number one? When I was growing up, it was definitely salt. Every time my brother and I […]
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A Quiz

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Quiz.  Sure, we’ll start with a quiz. Below are a list of autobiographies written by all sorts of famous people throughout history. I’ll give you the book title, and you […]
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A Blog in Two Parts

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Part OneOn the road, on our road,the bus stop, his bus stop — lights flashing —Garda cars, ambulance, stopped traffic.Someone crying out, lying on the road,choking fear. ‘It isn’t your […]
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Running

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[Before you read: Do you ever have the moment where your privilege smacks you in the face like a frying pan on Reeves and Mortimer? Yeah, like that.   I wrote […]
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Covenant Prayer

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At our prayer meeting yesterday morning, we dedicated Urban Junction to God using the Covenant prayer Michael lead us through for us as individuals on Sunday. For us, it was […]
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A Season of Magic

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Several Decembers ago, a good friend of mine said, “There’s so little magic in this @!#%?&! world, I’ll do whatever I have to, in order to keep it alive for […]
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Praying and Playing

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I’ll keep this short. I have a few different but similar thoughts. 1. Dallas Willard was once asked to describe Jesus in one word. He sat back and thought for […]
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