What does it mean to be “emotionally mature?” To some it would mean being stoic – having mastery of your emotions so that you felt only what you wanted to when ...
“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." -Psalm 73:24
The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discove...
Burnout is never caused by a single area of life. Burnout is a function of our total life management. One area of life cannot get out of order without overt cho...
“The cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted."-Psalm 104:16
Lebanon’s cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the L...
“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...
