Are You Spiritually Healthy?
I hope you are. I really do! Hopefully your spiritual practices bring you joy and growth, you feel connected to…
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What Restoration Actually Looks Like
A marriage that’s damaged through infidelity. A public figure who betrays the trust of those they lead. A pastor caught…
How to Handle Suffering You Cannot Avoid
Some suffering is unnecessary. Suffering that we bring on ourselves through our sin and brokenness means that if our actions…
The Christian’s Journey Through Grief
** My new book The Christian’s Journey Through Grief is to be released next week, May 7, 2019, and it’s…
What Are We Supposed To Do About “Church”?
It is tragic but too often true; if you want to start a fight among Christians, just start talking about…
The Two-Part Prayer for Almost Any Problem
You face a problem. How do you bring your faith into play when that happens? The way in which you…
What’s Your Mission in Marriage?
Why did you get married? Are those reasons still applicable today? Do you and your spouse agree on the WHY…
Merry Married Christmas to You
The holiday season can add a lot of stress to your marriage. Time and money pressures build up. Some relatives…
How I Push Through the Holiday Blues
Holidays are supposed to be “happy and bright,” right? But every year I hear from people for whom the holiday…
Community by Design: How God Uses People to Transform You
Few people experience lasting spiritual growth in isolation. God never intended us to grow alone. He created us with the…
Five Catalysts for Spiritual Growth
Sometimes it seems it would be awesome if God simply “zapped” you and you were “there,” fully transformed into the…
What’s More Important than Your Marriage?
When you get married most people appropriately assume they will be Number One to their spouse. There’s nothing like the…
The Foundation of Your Faith
Your faith is built on something. And you can’t escape the fact that at some point your faith will be…
3 Warning Signs You’re Under Spiritual Attack
Do you ever find yourself trudging along as if in a fog? Something’s off and you can’t nail it down.…
The Transformation of the Kingdom of God
When I hear my grandchildren recite the Lord’s Prayer I still sometimes get a little emotional. They don’t yet fully…
Surviving Church; There is Transformation for You Too
Growing up in church can be a wonderful thing. It can also be dangerous. The majority of believers would want…
Transformation Brings Dead Things to Life
The change true transformation brings is as different as life is from death, white from black, light from darkness. We’re…
Jesus Wants Your Transformation: Forgiveness is Only Step One
Jesus accepts you just as He finds you. Always. But He’s not satisfied with leaving you that way. Jesus did…
What to do When God Disappoints You
You know better, or at least you think you do. Your head, your Christians friends, the things you recall from…
What to Do After You Hear God’s Voice
So you have learned to listen for God’s voice. You enter His presence often, quiet your soul, and anticipate hearing…
How to Listen for God’s Voice
We communicate with the people we care about. There’s no relationship without communication. It’s the same with you and God.…
What to Do When You Don’t Feel Thankful on Thanksgiving
Today in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Family and friends gather to enjoy each other and remember our…
The End of the Story
The Bible as a true story, an epic play, a blockbuster movie, should come with a warning; Spoiler Alert! We’re…
When Good People Do Bad Things
Many in the popular media seem to relish exposing “skeletons in the closet” whenever an individual or a group that…
5 Benefits of Reading the Bible
As a Christian you’ve probably heard over and over, “Read your Bible!” But why? You get busy and it just…
You Really ARE Alone
Helpers, advocates, friends, and kind people everywhere often say to someone who’s hurting, “You’re not alone.” I often say it myself. It’s…
How to be Both Heavenly Minded and Earthly Good
You know the old saying: “Christians are so heavenly minded they’re no earthly good.” It’s meant as a derogatory reference…
