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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…
To you with no father on Father’s Day Fathering & Men’s issues I leave for Swaziland, a land with few fathers, two days after Father’s Day. It made me think of what an uncelebrated holiday this is for many peop…
The NFL goes to our Swazi base Eswatini / Swaziland Dear Tony, George, & Cornell, Thanks for caring enough about the people of Swaziland to join Phil & our team there – you made a difference…
Leah graduates My Life We returned from Ukraine last night. No pausing to catch your breath around here as today is Leah’s graduation day. Such a red-letter day on the family calen…