03.20.2025 – Parenting – 7 Comments on Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip In 2002, our oldest child, Talia, was graduating high school. Whatever final touches we wanted to put on the pare…
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 …
03.06.2025 – Refugees & Crisis, Short-term missions North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane – You Can Help! Justin Rhodes took a video as Hurricane Helene threatened to wash away his family’s home and farm. A river raged …
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…
How I Learned to Beat Burnout Dealing with junk in our lives Today I’m flying to the Dominican Republic, a place where I’ve experienced abundant life as a young man pursuing a dream, and also burnout along the way. Let…
Is it ever too late to apologize? Living Free Maybe you’ve heard that song by One Republic, “Too Late to Apologize.” It has gotten more “spins” on the radio than any other single in history in a comparab…
Covenant brotherhood Community and Covenant In yesterday’s blog, I raised the subject of tribes. Your tribe should be composed of friends. I’ve been blessed with a lot of friends, some of whom I’m in c…
