“What are you teaching me, Lord?”
This is one of the best questions ever. It’s more likely to jump into my head when something bad happens, especially if it’s not my fault. Like when I’m about to be late and take…
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.
10 Takeaways on Integrity
I was put in front of some young men this week and asked questions about integrity. These guys call themselves ‘Decision Makers’ because they’re trying to learn how to make good decisions as husbands, fathers…
Andy’s Daily Prayer
I don’t remember exactly how this came my way. It might have been handed out after a worship service… my church often gives out ‘homework assignments’. But this one stuck and it’s been on my…
Name It To Evade It
A good friend of mine finished 20 years of being sober. He kicked it through AA like millions of others. Why does AA work when counselors, pills, electric shock, and countless other things don’t? Twelve-step…
What’ll ya’ have . . . happiness or joy?
Yesterday, I had a conversation with my wife about the future. She said she wanted more joy in her life. That sounded pretty good to me, so I started making a plan. What can we…
Watch one, do one, teach one
This little trilogy has been around forever, but that doesn’t make it any less powerful. Some people put it in the box of “experiential education”. It’s how doctors learn to do procedures. I just watched…
The Amazing Power of Apology
Not too long ago, my daughter-in-law taught me something big. She said, “If you’re rehearsing a conversation in your head, there’s a conversation you need to have in real time.” I wish I had said…
Intentionality Leads To Isolation
People tell me I’m one of the most intentional people they know. I’ve given away a hundred copies of a book with a light switch on the cover asking “Is what you’re about to do…
Why is listening to God so hard?
Time and again, when I make myself stop, get down on my knees and pray, really talk to God and listen for His voice, I get direction. I get words of affirmation (which are ‘money’…
Is the task your boss… or is God?
I keep finding myself wrapped around the axle, bound up in the tension between getting stuff done and a peaceful life. In a way it doesn’t matter what I’m working on, the task becomes the…
