“As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.” –Robin Williams, Weapons of Self-Destruction
It was an annual congregatio...
I taught a 9-week course on developing and maintaining healthy relationships. In the class we regularly did breakout groups of men and women to discuss a certai...
Sometimes we give what we ought to throw away…
I brought in the plastic bags. Putting them down on the table, I unload them, thankful I got to go to the food...
“You are my dreams fulfilled, Sydna,” my Irish maternal grandfather announced upon meeting me when I was 5 years old. “You are my American grandchild, a citi...
As a pastor, I have the flexibility of working from home, and having a couple small children who are not yet school-aged, as well as a couple in school, my wife...
I turned 60 years old the other day…60 years!
I am now 6 years older than my father was when he passed away. A life of smoking cigarettes and cancer took him...
I took a long bike ride today, up to the north side of my city, St Louis. What I was looking for probably never really existed, but I was determined to find it ...
…and there's a good reason why!
A few years ago, I learned the fine art of using the bathroom while holding a baby. I really think they ought to hand out dip...
Does God care about the little things in our life?
Just the other day we received a letter from an old family friend who shared this story: Some time ago, he...
By Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler
My son was a high school senior when I asked, "Son, in twelve years of school, were you ever taught any absolute truth?"
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When I pray for you, I'm doing the most powerful thing I know…
So when a tragedy strikes, people feel helpless.
It’s something I get to see a little too often...
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Perspective is a funny thing, isn’t it? At least, it can be at times. Get two people together and have them share their perspect...
