Spiritual Growth

Devotional-style readings to help you grow and develop wisdom as a spouse, parent, friend, leader, and most importantly, as a Jesus-follower.
My 12 MVV’s (Most Valuable Verses) My 12 MVV’s (Most Valuable Verses)
The Bible

My 12 MVV’s (Most Valuable Verses)

When I first started leading Radical Mentoring groups in 2001, I went through the verses I’d marked in my Bible and copied over those that guided my life. I labeled each one with a theme…

Feeling Good About Ourselves Feeling Good About Ourselves
Character

Feeling Good About Ourselves

Ok, here’s one to store in your head and your heart . . . We feel good about ourselves when we do the right thing. It just happens. When we push ourselves to fill out…

Connect with Her Feelings Connect with Her Feelings
Marriage

Connect with Her Feelings

Listening to your wife takes more than just hearing what she’s saying. One of the most helpless feelings in the world is for your wife to say “I just don’t feel like I have a…

Debt Perception Debt Perception
Grace

Debt Perception

As I’ve gotten older (42 now . . . but you know, age is just a number), I’ve begun to notice a few changes in my eyesight. I’ve had to add reading glasses of varying…

God’s Breath God’s Breath
Walking the Talk

God’s Breath

It’s Your breath in our lungs So we pour out our praise We pour out our praise It’s Your breath in our lungs So we pour out our praise to You only  You give life,…

6 Dads You Should Seek Out in Your Church 6 Dads You Should Seek Out in Your Church
Parenting

6 Dads You Should Seek Out in Your Church

Today’s post comes from Ryan Sanders, the Director of Outreach for our friends at Manhood Journey, a fatherhood ministry helping dads build godly men. If you enjoy this post, check out their eBook Identify and…

Do You Have a Giving Goal? Do You Have a Giving Goal?
Stewardship

Do You Have a Giving Goal?

Over the first 33 years of my life, I probably gave less than $2,000 to the church and charity . . . total! But when God showed up in my life, I quickly realized that…

Stealing Her Thunder Stealing Her Thunder
Marriage

Stealing Her Thunder

Ever have someone finish your sentences for you? Irritating isn’t it? I have a friend who finishes my sentences. Every single one. He doesn’t do it consciously, but it’s distracting just the same. When I…

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Community

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

This summer there was a fair amount of attention on Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary on the life of Fred Rogers. Confession: unless Mr. Rogers removed his red cardigan to take on spies…