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.
The Joy of Giving Life The Joy of Giving Life
Mentoring

The Joy of Giving Life

When I hear those words, I think “He’s going to ask me to donate blood….or an organ!” Not it. The joy I’m speaking of comes from watching a man go “all in” for Jesus Christ…

Dancing With The Stars Dancing With The Stars
Identity

Dancing With The Stars

After I surrendered to Christ 28 years ago, my wife said, “You’re not dancing any more!” She had seen me constantly striving for the approval of my superiors at work; always seeking the affirmation of…

You Get What You Glorify You Get What You Glorify
Parenting

You Get What You Glorify

Have you ever watched as a young girl is “made up” by her mom, being introduced to makeup, rouge, eyeliner and lipstick while still an innocent little girl? Then she’s told how beautiful she is,…

A dime a day A dime a day
Parenting

A dime a day

One of my mentors credited his grandfather with this principle…. “Give a man a dime a day for 30 days – then stop. He’ll hate you for the rest of your life.” He was right. When…

Goal Achieving or Tension Relieving Goal Achieving or Tension Relieving
Decision-Making

Goal Achieving or Tension Relieving

Everything we do has purpose. Maslow would say the first priority of every human being is survival. So our motive for dodging the oncoming car, our motive for eating when we’re hungry, our desire for…

God doesn’t do multiple choice… God doesn’t do multiple choice…
Decision-Making

God doesn’t do multiple choice…

There’s a long-running debate among a few of my friends. We pretty much agree that God revealed His moral will for us through the Scriptures. And that He keeps His sovereign will to himself. We’ll…

A Life of Meaning A Life of Meaning
Priorities

A Life of Meaning

A friend is contemplating this question. How do I live a life of meaning? There’s been a lot written about purpose, but less about meaning. Let’s define it first… Meaning  :  “implied or explicit significance”…

Sacred Selfishness Sacred Selfishness
Walking the Talk

Sacred Selfishness

My CFO used to say, “There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind of people who say there are two kinds of people, and those who don’t.”  I guess I’m the former….

So what is faith anyway? So what is faith anyway?
Theology

So what is faith anyway?

We’re Christians because we have faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That seems sort of easy to have faith in when it was 2000 years ago and didn’t cause us any…