Voices
We hear voices in our heads all the time. We’re not crazy because we hear voices (at least not all of us). Most of the time we’re hearing ourselves; we’re giving ourselves instructions, thinking about…
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.
It’s Jesus
Coming off the ‘mountain top’ of our first-ever mentoring retreat, I’m reminded that Jesus is it. Reading about the religious environment He walked into and the religious environment His followers have created over the last…
Empathy and Self-Esteem
If empathy is simply connecting with people’s feelings, why is it so hard? All us Jesus-followers want empathy, right? “They will know we are Christians by our love” falls apart if we can’t meet people…
Men and Empathy
A man with empathy is about as likely as a man in high-heeled shoes. It rarely comes with the boy. I wish I had it….I really do. But I’m missing the chip. The DNA from…
The Happy Wife Pledge Controversy
There have been 266 posts from Radical Mentoring. Of all these posts, “The Happy Wife Pledge” has been the most commented-on by a factor of 10. By far the most controversial. Here’s the part of…
Dinner Together
I can count things my wife has been insistent about on one hand, but dinner together was always one. “When will you be home?” she’d ask. “I’m tied up…it’s going to be a little while”…
God’s Word. So What?
Because Scripture says it’s one of the two things that will go beyond this life, maybe we should think a little more about it. In heaven, we’ll recognize the words, the wisdom and the authors,…
Caution: Christians Work Here!
When I became a follower of Jesus Christ, they hadn’t even started making fish symbols to stick on the back of your car. But in the workplace, a lot of people ‘out there’ for Jesus…
Satan is for Real
It’s pretty easy to discount the devil when he’s thought of as an imaginary figure like the Easter bunny or the elf on the shelf. Red skin, horns and a long tail. Exhaling smoke. Eyes…
“Fast and Reasonable”
Every time I see one of these signs, I want to throw up. Divorce isn’t fast or reasonable, no matter how cheap the lawyer fee. Let me back up a little. God hates divorce. Therefore…
