Dealing with Your “Stuff”
Years ago, a young friend of mine was screwing up his marriage so bad, I could hardly watch. If there’s a list of things to do wrong, he checked every box. My friend John is…
A Smile on His Face
I find Psalm 139 intriguing. In it, David says things like, “You hem me in behind and before,” and “Where can I flee from your presence?” and “Before a word is on my tongue you,…
10 Things I Learned in 2019
Every year I put together a net-out of the biggest, best-est things I personally learned over the year. Below is my list for this year (view past years here). I hope it might help you…
The Goodness of God
Back in July, I wrote about my cancer’s comeback. Radiation therapy didn’t stop it. It’s now in other places. Only one treatment option remains, and it’s a Hail Mary pass. Lots of people are praying…
Another Year, Another Christmas
So, what do we do now that Christmas is over? How do we get back from the tornado of food and wrapping paper? Short days of early winter. Slow work schedules and hours of football. What do…
Come to Him
Christmas. It’s the beginning of a new day. A new era. Instead of saying, “Go, perform well by following the law” (which no one could ever do), Jesus arrives and simply says, “Come!” For all of…
Time to Reflect
Years ago, at a Christmas gathering, I was asked a question I’d never been asked before . . . “What do you enjoy about Christmas that no one else knows about?” My answer was weird,…
Grace is the Answer
I believe in God, I have an idea of what He’s like, and I want to do well by Him. I know He loves me, accepts me, and when I die, I’m going to heaven….
The Other Voices
We hear voices in our heads all the time. Hearing voices doesn’t make us crazy (at least not all of us). Most of the time we’re hearing ourselves . . . we’re giving ourselves instructions,…
Value from the Inside
We often assign value to people from the outside. We meet people (or read about them, read what they write, or hear them speak) and we assign them value based on what’s on the outside . . ….
