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03.13.2025 – Better Living – 8 Comments on 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage My wife Karen is a therapist who sees a lot of couples whose relationship is in trouble. They are struggling and …
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02.27.2025 – Culture and Faith Am I a Cultural Christian? One of the questions I’ve wrestled with for much of my life is “What is a Christian?” America is known as a “Chri…
02.20.2025 – Leadership How Do I Know When to Take Action? I’m weird – I spend a lot of time reflecting, but I also tend to make quick decisions. I find that God often spea…
Breaking the power of cynicism Better Living I’ve spent too many years as a Jesus-follower mired in the sin of unbelief. What’s worse, I allowed it to bleed over into my attitude, cynical about things I…
Sean Taylor’s revenge will have to wait Culture and Faith If you want to know how I felt about Sean Taylor’s murder at the hands of four Florida punks, read my earlier blog. Thousands of Redskins fans felt the same …
Writing the Story of Our Lives Story telling What kind of story are you writing with your life? Is it one of great passions and struggles or is it one of a humdrum quest for a better job and more securi…