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…
The ethics of slave-buying Poverty If you had the money and could buy a child’s freedom from slavery for $1500 would you? If you’re like me, you’d want to know more details. Slavery from wh…
Avoiding first world problems Comfort and Pain I was complaining last night that I need more friends. I've got great friends, but most of them are scattered around the country. This morning I realize…
Young people, money, sex and power (pt. 2) Parenting This is a continuation of my earlier blog. Sex I have four daughters of marriageable age. Having been an adolescent boy with sex on the brain I know what …
