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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 …
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…
Give it all up Vulnerability and me I have two routes I can safely run along our rural roads. One of them leads half a mile up a steep grade. By the time you reach the top, you’ve got to be in …
Losing my religion Intergenerational connection I just returned from speaking to the student body at Columbia International University. My topic: “God made you for greatness.” When you talk to a large g…
The killers of Cambodia talk Cambodia The Khmer Rouge killed two million people. And then the killers melted into the Cambodian countryside, never brought to justice. And they’re alive today – li…