Fight Back With Joy
A few weeks ago, Regi, Kevin and I had the opportunity to attend Catalyst conference in Atlanta. Over the course of a few days, we heard from a number of insightful speakers around the theme…
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.
Transplanted Perspective
For those of you who don’t know, in 2007 Regi was diagnosed with a degenerative lung disease. His disease progressed to the point of needing a lung transplant, which he was able to get last Monday…
“Dear David … Love, God”
Today’s post is from Dave Katz, SVP of Coca-Cola Consolidated. Dave went through Radical Mentoring in 2008, serves on the board of the RM foundation and is leading his fourth Radical Mentoring Group. Dave, his wife…
Porn Problem
I spend tons of time with great young men. Mostly Christians. Almost all married. Clean-cut, upstanding, good jobs, church-going, great dads. Guys you’d trust with your wallet and your wife. Some even in vocational Christian…
The Stain of Self-Righteousness
Jesus was toughest on self-righteous people. He could hang with prostitutes, tax collectors and lepers, but the Pharisees and religious scholars made His teeth itch. He constantly challenged them . . . calling them out…
15 More Years
A couple of weeks ago, some guys from the low country of South Carolina asked if they could pray for me. We ‘FaceTimed’ and one by one, they prayed. One guy mentioned Hezekiah and how…
The Perfect Swing
In his book, The Boys of Summer, which chronicled the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950’s, Roger Kahn describes the swing of George “Shotgun” Shuba, a bench player, as being as “so compact that it appeared…
. . . The Hour I First Believed
We sang Amazing Grace in church this week. A couple of lines struck me new . . . ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that…
3 ‘Biggies’ For Your Life
As I was reading a little Donald Miller the other day, I came across this . . . “Nearly 80 years ago a psychologist named Viktor Frankl stood up to Sigmund Freud. Freud was saying that the…
I Need a Mentor When?
It’s always humbling when I confess to flying solo through most of my adult life. So many mistakes that could have been avoided . . . pain not inflicted. A huge hunk of my calling…
