It’s THANKSGIVING! That means turkey and family time. It also means that we, collectively as a culture, take a day to pause and be...

It sort of amazes me that “Black Friday”, the day America loses its mind over cheap stuff we don’t really need, falls on the day that...

A vast research project from the University of North Carolina studied how we, as American culture, view God. Christian Smith, a Sociology...

The data is overwhelming: Facebook is having a negative impact on marriages. Let me be up front about this: It’s not Facebook’s fault....

Facebook is a wonderful thing. That is, until it’s not. The purpose of social networks is simple: to connect people to other people....

Normal isn’t working, especially in our families. Think about it… What’s normal look like in our families? Disconnected: Parents and...

Perhaps you’ve noticed… Normal is not working. For the last few weeks at Vortex we’ve been focusing on the kind of different God wants us...

Too often we define our lives through big moments. When we define our lives through big moments, our lives look a lot like this: I’m a...

One, primary lesson in dealing with pregnant women, as a man, is to never tell them, “I know what you’re going through.” You can’t...

Let me simply say a few foundation thoughts that should frame how we think about everything: If the Bible says it, then we believe it. If...

It’s amazing to me that the things we do to “live it up” actually leave us feeling less alive. Real life must not look like our ways...

My friend Seth won the North Carolina Championship 5K this past weekend. Seth is a part of our church staff. He actually moved to North...

Every relationship relies on communication. We often think of relationships through titles… boyfriend, mother, best friend, wife, boss,...

This past Sunday we started a new series that’s leading up to Easter based on the last week of Jesus. That week starts as Jesus rides...

This past sermon series, ‘Forget You’ wasn’t for everyone. I get that. This series had a lot to do with how we think about ourselves....

The world wants to be happy. It’s just starting to warm up outside. Spring is in the air. You know what that means? The grass is growing!...

There’s three different type of people out there today: Person #1 – You’re so excited it’s Wednesday, you’re like the camel on that “Hump...

We’ve all been fed lines about what our greatest enemy could be. Everything from drugs, to alcohol, to demons, and even the ultimate...