Our significance is not based: on how we look, what we do, what we achieve, how much experience we have, when we graduate, how much we make, how we play, who our friends are the things we accomplish the good deeds we do where we were born the notes we can sing or play the more »
Month: February 2018
Simple is Better
The sad tale of Bernie Madoff reminds us of the hubris, greed, and tyranny that lurks in every heart of flesh. The inventor of the world’s greatest Ponzi scheme began his descent into madness out of the deep cavernous craving for more. How about us? Certainly we’re not Bernie, but a little Bernie resides in more »
I Can Use THAT Guy
I am so thankful that God didn’t candy coat the chaotic journey of men in the Bible. We’re easily intimidated by guys who seem to glide through life with little mess, a perfect backyard, six-pack abs and a white-hot marriage. Instead, God gives us a book that reminds us on every page that He uses more »
7 Reasons Why We Don’t Need Gun Reform
(…and why none of them make any sense to me.) (Note these are my opinions only and not necessarily the opinions of my workplace or church.) After every mass shooting we are rebuked that now is not the time to talk about gun legislation. Is there a better time? As believers, many feel a strange more »
The Holy Season Begins With Stopping
The Most Surprising Thing about Family
Perhaps the most surprising thing about our journey as a family is that it is so surprising. The most predicable thing about life is its singular unpredictability. Think about all the things that you’ve experienced in your family that caused you to shake your head and say, “Well, I didn’t see that coming.” I’d venture more »
Blame or Bless
There is nothing worse than the sound of cars colliding. A few weeks ago I heard the sound. It was so loud, I first thought someone had hit my car. It was on the side of a busy, complicated intersection. After the collision, a man jumped out of his car infuriated and screamed immediately about more »
