Here is one of my favorite definitions of an “adult”: “An adult is his or her own mother or father.” You can find this thought…
Imagine what it might have been like to be on the side of the mountain that day, listening to Jesus as he declared the truth…
In Scripture, particularly the Old Testament, the theme of land is prominent. This might be surprising at first glance, especially in a day where booming…
Some days are darker than others. Today is dark. Darkness…the reality of that darkness…has settled in and my tears…your tears…begin to fall. That story of…
We don’t know a whole lot about Leah. We know that Jacob was tricked into marrying her. Evidently he fulfilled his responsibilities as her husband…
I remember wrestling with my father as a child. It was something that I loved to do. He would get on all fours on the…
It is a strange and sordid tale, which is precisely why it grabs my attention. It takes place in the messy context of tragedy and…
In my lifetime I have seen the social status of cigarette smoking change drastically. Throughout my adolescence and early adult life second hand smoke was…
Like lots of moms with [a few] kids, I avoid taking them to the grocery store all at one time. They always want to ride…
Have you ever felt like you were out of sync with God? Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for…
I’ve been reading a little bit on anger lately (things like this and this). And it has me thinking about how the issue is addressed…
Yesterday I wrote on teamwork, but if you read the article you know that was just a different way of saying that everyone needs to…
Sometimes I will use a temperament/personality assessment when I work with an individual or with a couple. The one I use is a very simple…
As an educator I have noticed there are two words that prompt a general widespread panic in a classroom faster than any others. Those two…