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.
A Father With Few Regrets A Father With Few Regrets
Parenting

A Father With Few Regrets

For a while, the ‘next new thing’ was called the ‘rational method’ of decision-making. All the variables were quantified and processed to yield the path leading to the highest probability of success and the lowest…

Cloud vs. Server…Dependence vs. Independence Cloud vs. Server…Dependence vs. Independence
Decision-Making

Cloud vs. Server…Dependence vs. Independence

In technology circles, cloud computing is all the rage. Keep your music, contacts, apps, projects…everything… in the cloud. When it’s on your computer or server, it can be lost, stolen, corrupted, or get out of…

Love As A Verb…It’s Spelled S-E-R-V-E Love As A Verb…It’s Spelled S-E-R-V-E
Theology

Love As A Verb…It’s Spelled S-E-R-V-E

Over the 200+ years of our country’s existence, men and women have been called upon to translate their love for America into service to America, fighting bad guys and giving their lives for our country…

The Myth of Multi-Tasking The Myth of Multi-Tasking
Decision-Making

The Myth of Multi-Tasking

I consider myself a pretty good multi-tasker. I always have fifteen or twenty things going. Always reading multiple books. Always thinking about not just the next thing to do, but several. My wife on the…

A New Way to Make a Big Decision A New Way to Make a Big Decision
Decision-Making

A New Way to Make a Big Decision

When most of us have a decision to make, there’s three steps… 1. If we think it through and settle on an option, we’re ready to pull the trigger. So long as we’re reasonably sure….

Marriage Problems Don’t Exist Marriage Problems Don’t Exist
Marriage

Marriage Problems Don’t Exist

They are personal problems, revealed in the ‘white-hot heat’ of marriage. If you take away the veil of ‘marriage problems’ and look deeper, you’ll see ‘action’-‘response’ at work, over and over. One person says or…

No Self-Esteem AND No Reputation? No Self-Esteem AND No Reputation?
Leadership

No Self-Esteem AND No Reputation?

What kind of leader is a man of no self-esteem? A man who knows what God thinks of him, who doesn’t worry about what others think…how does he lead? Several years back, R. Scott Rodin…

A Revelation on Self-Esteem A Revelation on Self-Esteem
Identity

A Revelation on Self-Esteem

Every now and then, I find something that I know is going to stick with me for life. It’ll become a “Campbellism” someday because I’ll forget where I heard it and take credit for making…

“I Just Want To Be Happy” “I Just Want To Be Happy”
Walking the Talk

“I Just Want To Be Happy”

How many times have you heard that? Or said it. “I’d be happy if I could lose another 10 pounds, but I hate starving all the time!” “I love the people I work with, but I’m…

Who Am I and Why Am I Here? Who Am I and Why Am I Here?
Purpose

Who Am I and Why Am I Here?

The first and ultimate question in Philosophy 101 and at the end of the Ph.D. The question men have pondered since the beginning. Turns out there are two kinds of people. One that noodles on…