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 Poor Will Always Be With You The Poor Will Always Be With You
Stewardship

The Poor Will Always Be With You

The words of Jesus almost take away the urgency to help, don’t they? In the moment, Jesus was teaching his disciples the difference between the temporal and the eternal, between the practical and the divine….

Passive husband? . . . It’s time to move! Passive husband? . . . It’s time to move!
Marriage

Passive husband? . . . It’s time to move!

(This post is from Boyd Bailey, whose “Wisdom Hunters” daily devotional is read by over 100,000 people daily. To subscribe, click here.  You can also follow him @WisdomHunters on Twitter.) “So Ahab went home, sullen…

Selfish Interest Selfish Interest
Theology

Selfish Interest

“The one human quality you can always depend on is selfish interest.”  The first time I heard that I bristled. “Wow, what a nasty outlook on people. Are we really that bad?” Then the real…

Decision Making….thinking about it Decision Making….thinking about it
Decision-Making

Decision Making….thinking about it

“All decisions, in the moment, from the perspective of the decision maker, are between the greater of two goods or the lesser of two evils. There are no ‘right or wrong’ decisions.” When I heard…

The #1 reason a man needs a mentor – COURAGE The #1 reason a man needs a mentor – COURAGE
Mentoring

The #1 reason a man needs a mentor – COURAGE

Most of the time, men know the right things to do. Some believe we’re born with an internal “compass” that points us toward right decisions. Call it conscience, call it intuition, call it whatever….more often…