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Stress and rest

Set down your devices and devotional booklets for a second and flex with me. Feel that bicep as you curl your fist close to…

Life’s Challenges

Boast in the burn

About twice a week, my wife and I have the same conversation. She says, “My workout at the gym was so hard today.” And,…

Bible 101

Your pain plan: Dial 5-1-1

The next time you’re in pain, I would advise you to dial 5-1-1. That’s my shorthand way of reminding you to open your Bible…

Living My Faith

God is our protection

A city built alongside a river tends to have opportunities for growth and prosperity. In Psalm 46:4,5, we learn of a river “whose streams…

Living My Faith

Where does your trust reside?

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains…

Bible 101

Grow in God’s wisdom

“Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, both low and high, rich and poor alike: My mouth will speak…

Life’s Challenges

Thorns are good?

“Why did this happen to me? Why is life always such a struggle? I’m tired of the battles with myself and with everyone else….

Living My Faith

Wait—THAT’S what I look like!

When you live in the same place for a long time, it becomes your baseline for normal. Noisy planes overhead become commonplace background noise….

Living My Faith

Time pressure

You and I are busy. Time is precious. Do you ever say, “But I don’t have time!”? These are some of the things we…

Living My Faith

The first Christians loved life

The Romans, as you may have heard, did not love children. Not only did they often abort them; they also “exposed” them, meaning that…

Friends & Family

Fathers matter!

Father’s Day is a little less sentimental than Mother’s Day, and people seem more prone to laugh at Dad’s foibles than praise him for…

Living My Faith

Look for fullness

I’d like you to think about something I’m wrestling with. How do you see the Bible? Is it half empty, or is it full?…