Some people say, "If you love something, set it free. If it returns, then it's truly yours...
...but if it doesn't return....hunt it down and kill it!
Just kidding...sort of.
One of the main things we need to embrace about life is not just the " hellos" but also the "goodbyes".
For example...
I still remember a painful…
People often laugh when anyone mentions a "war against Christmas" by secularists. They make fun of the misguided numbskulls who see conspiracies in every Starbucks Christmas cup design, pointing to agendas found only in their own imaginations.
No, not everyone who merely says "happy holidays" is trying to erase the Biblical origins of the season. But…
It’s now almost 5 months since this wild ride began for our family. As Christmas approaches, things are just as much up in the air as when we started.
However, we do have confirmation that God was leading us to shut down our lives in St Louis and move to Knoxville in response to my brother-in-law…
People always tell you God is the most important thing in their lives, the main course. But today, we’re suddenly discovering He’s nothing more to many than an appetizer.
Christianity for too many people today is just an appetizer they ordered with their meal. It’s a nice addition to their lives, a welcomed treat. But it…
What reckless, wonderful thing is God calling you to do...?
Dear friends,
Life certainly teaches us, if we let it. And for the past year, the lessons have been huge for me personally and my family. I’m learning that seconds need to be spent like hundred dollar bills. They are most wisely used on the ones we love. Little else in this life matters.
So…
My son is about 23 now. He used to be kind of small, but he started working out and bulked up quite impressively. And I work out too.
I lift about 250 pounds. Out of bed each morning.
When I was joking with him about his new workout routine, his response stung a bit.
“At least I’m not…
I went to a baseball game this week. For those who know me, you realize this was right up there with catching a falling star and discovering the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
My dad took me to an Atlanta Braves game when I was a kid. We hoped to see Hank…
The old man answered the apartment door in his wheelchair. It had been a development from his fight with what appeared to be Parkinson's. I could tell his limited mobility, now in his late 80s, was a continual source of frustration for him.
His wife, a woman several years younger, was there too.
“I’ll let him show…
Feeling a little meaningless right now and want to get in touch with your “spiritual side”? Tried Buddhism, meditation, and everything short of hiking to Tibet? Well, the best answer may be a lot closer than you ever dreamed, within quite familiar wrapping paper…
It's Christianity. And it works better than any of the…
Ever try to blow up a raft? Unless you’ve got one of those electric “blow dryer thingies”, you are in for a world of hurt.
I remember sitting in the sand, ready to pass out while my preschool daughter jumped up and down, yelling “Daddy, hurry up!” Not what I consider family fun. But then again,…
Growing up in a southern Baptist church, every Easter there were two hymns you had to sing…or you probably weren’t really Baptist.
One was “Low in the Grave He Lay”. Most people don’t remember it by that title, but by the bouncy chorus that interrupts the sad, mournful verse. After lamenting the crucified Jesus,…
