What’s the easiest way to kill holiday joy? Unrealistic expectations. It isn’t easy trying to recapture those feelings of holidays experienced as a child. These ...
Read More
Truth be told, even in our churches we tend to get so caught up in a success-and-size race that we lose sight of our primary ...
Read More
One of the distinct memories I have as a kid was waking up super early and seeing my mom sitting on the couch, spending time ...
Read More
I have a confession to make. I love James Bond movies. I’m not proud of it, but I can quote many of them by heart. ...
Read More
While those words were obviously meaningful to George VI and his subjects amid an escalating war with Germany, they still find an echo in the ...
Read More
From the day we are born, we have trouble. And what we discover as we get older is that life is filled with lots of ...
Read More
What are the mysterious ingredients that almost all good marriages have in common? What accounts for the marvelous blending of personalities when two separate and ...
Read More
Dread, and her ugly sisters, Guilt and Shame, have kept me up at night, sometimes made me the phoniest person in the room, have destroyed ...
Read More
If you enjoy seeing science validate the teachings of Scripture, search for "health benefits of gratitude" on the Internet. Links to study after study will ...
Read More
Andrew Carnegie's wife was so fond of classical music that at the end of every year, she insisted that Andrew pay any outstanding debts incurred ...
Read More
There are some things in life you can only read about. The scripture above is one of them. A bush was ablaze with flames all ...
Read More
The Bible is inerrant in the original manuscripts. Still, something is always lost as the original languages are translated into new target languages. This is ...
Read More
You’ve probably heard the proverb “Familiarity breeds contempt.” That’s often true with relationships and institutions, as your close proximity reveals cracks and blemishes you wouldn’t ...
Read More
Nobody likes a thorn. You might name your baby girl, Rose, but I have never heard of a child named Thorn. To us, a thorn a bad thing. ...
Read More
“Not Again!” I thought as, Jake, our middle son was admitted to the hospital again because of SMAS. The first time we faced this was ...
Read More
People often ask how change happens and how to move away from unhealthy traits. A good place to start is by understanding that change is ...
Read More
This was brought home to me rather forcefully one Christmas season several years ago. A man in our church congregation drove over to our home ...
Read More
I recently talked with author and leader Jennie Allen about the exciting but scary choice to live with holy ambition. As you’ve heard me discuss, ...
Read More
