Teaching Your Children to Make Decisions
Someone said there’s three things that determine the person we become: 1) our DNA, 2) the way we were parented when we were young, and 3) the decisions we make. I don’t remember a single…
A Dead-End Job?
I don’t believe God makes mistakes. Even though the job you’re in might feel like a dead end, you’re in that job for a reason. Maybe it’s requiring you to grow parts of yourself you…
God Cam
I played basketball as a kid. I was always good enough to make the team but not good enough to play much. So the highlight of my basketball ‘career’ was the warm-up time before the…
Money Monkey
When I was very young, I dreamed of the day I would buy my first car. My dad made it clear to me that I would pay for my first car and that I had…
Autonomy vs. Time
Time . . . specifically my calendar and my clock, is what’s keeping me from abiding in Christ and experiencing God in a deeper way. When I was sick and immobile, reading the Bible, praying…
Time is of the Essence
Our whole existence revolves around time. It’s behind our busyness, our drive to perform, our difficulty focusing. Almost all stress is time-induced. The things we stress over would be less stressful if we had more…
Affirm . . . Or Not
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman has sold over 8 million copies. Chapman, a pastor and counselor, says we tend to give, receive and appreciate love in five ways or ‘languages,’ one of which…
“But If You Pay Me In Cash . . .”
If you’ve ever bought anything at a flea market, hired small contractors or dealt with small business people, you’ve heard the words, “but if you pay me in cash . . .” and been offered a…
Eternally Secure? Really?
A letter to a man questioning his salvation near the end of his life . . . Dear Friend, When you were a young boy, you ‘asked Jesus into your heart’ and you were baptized….
Why Rest (Part II)
If you missed Why Rest? (Part I), you can read it here. Fasten your seatbelt . . . I’m about to go ‘biblical’ on you. There is rest and there is ‘Sabbath-rest.’ Do you…
