Meet iPad. He’s definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever owned. He’s a brilliant picture of where cool technology is headed. He’s a slim, cool, social media hipster. He’s a good-looking, cool, digital reader. He’s a cool, lean-mean-app machine.

We here at the Institute for Wacky Salvation Experiences and Crazy Conversions to Christ have realized something. We have realized that there are many people who have ridiculously cool stories of how Jesus came to them.

Somewhere along the line, as the church grew bigger, I found that being vulnerable with you, my flock, was a sign of weakness. I was vulnerable a couple times with my staff and it came back to bite me. I opened up during a sermon and got nailed for it.