A Tale of Two Teachers and How I Found Grace
WHEN I WAS a freshman in high school, my English teacher was a crotchety killjoy named Mrs. Bright. She always wore bulky double-knit dresses and a scowl on her face, but the glower was understandable....
View ArticleSome thoughts on marriage …
If you long to experience the kind of marital relationship that God envisioned from the start, you can begin by first taking an honest look at what’s captivating you right now in life. What or who has...
View ArticleThe Home and the Church – The Great Partnership
Recently, I was in a meeting with some church leaders, talking about complex social concerns like suicide, depression, porn addiction, and sexual brokenness. These issues are complicated and nuanced,...
View ArticleThe God of Springtime
A few years ago, I sustained a tough relational injury. A friend of several years and I were suddenly and dramatically on the outs. I had tried everything I could think of to reconcile the situation,...
View ArticleThe Gift of a Sabbatical
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.Luke 5:16 This is one of my favorite Scriptures describing the leadership rhythms of Jesus. In the middle of a busy and hectic season of healing...
View ArticleThe Remarkable Cross
This is an excerpt from my new book, Remarkable, which releases September 3rd. Click here to pre-order....
View ArticleThe Most Vulnerable Among Us
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this,” it says: “to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27 If...
View ArticleA Christmas Eve Reminder from Dr. Martin Luther King
Violence doesn’t solve our problems. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it....
View ArticleThe Cost of Preaching Truth
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound...
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