Take Responsibility
Regardless the ‘mode’ your marriage is in, the question is the same. What are you gonna do? Moving forward, how will you look at your marriage? How will you lead? The starting point is taking…
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.
Where Are You…Really?
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein Years ago, my company hired a consultant to help us get better at what we did. He…
Why Marriage…
We’ll spend eternity learning the ‘why’ behind stuff here on earth. Unlimited time with an all-knowing God, curious people like me would wear Him out, if He could be worn out….which He can’t. Like so…
Where God Shows Himself
It hasn’t always been intentional, but I’ve stumbled into community with other guys the entire time I’ve been walking with God. One group…then another. No surprise I wasn’t in community when I ‘ran off the…
It’s All From God
In the end, it’s an ‘all or nothing’ game. You either believe in God or you don’t. God, by definition, is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. He’s all powerful, He knows everything and He’s always there….
Once and For All
Now there’s a saying we use all the time but never think about! The Collins Dictionary says it means “for the last time, finally, completely, for good, positively, permanently, for ever, decisively, inexorably, conclusively, irrevocably,…
Looking For A Way Out…Or In
For me, the toughest question non-believers pose is “How is it this loving God of yours offers only one way to be saved?” And the follow on: “So he’s going to send every one of…
Saved or Not?
I rarely wade into the waters of theology. They’re deep and murky and it’s easy to run into “I know because I know.” Besides, there’s enough about the Bible I do understand to bother me…
Motivation Explained
Recently my friend John (again) took out his ipad and started drawing and writing. And I (again) started taking notes. This time, he explained motivation…the range of motivation we either enjoy or are cursed by…
A Wife’s ‘Expectations’ Story
Expectations are the anathema of marriage. Men (and women) come into marriage expecting perfection which, simply stated, is for the other person to do and say exactly what we want them to, when we want them to. Whether we…
