Our Work and Our Needs
December 19, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Fundraising has never been my strong suit, and frankly, asking for financial support is hardly one of “my favorite things”. I also know you get…
The Content of our Character
December 10, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye…
“If I Have To”
December 8, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a willing heart.” -II Chronicles 25:2 This isn’t…
Surveying the Damage
November 25, 2014 | Marriage Matters
I’m somewhat OK with admitting my sin. It’s clearly not my favorite thing to do, but I will if I have to. Examining its impact is…
In Search of Stability
November 17, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Unstable as water, you shall not excel.” -Genesis 49:4 When Jacob was dying, he called his sons together for blessings and predictions. He began…
Releasing Your Wounder
November 13, 2014 | Relational Matters
We’ve all got them – wounds, past injuries of the soul that still show themselves, either in the way we relate, or the pain…
Amazing Grays
October 29, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Our local paper ran a feature story awhile back, written by a self-identified evangelical Christian and titled “There is Something in the Air. Can You…
Your Dark Stinky Basement
October 23, 2014 | Relational Matters
Years ago I leased office space in a charming old historical building in our city. It was a three story affair with nooks and…
To Love, Honor, and Scrutinize
October 21, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.” -Benjamin Franklin Some of us have that backwards. We marry without duly scrutinizing our…
The Critical Structure
October 7, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
It’s not hard to get guys to do something heroic. But ask them to do the mundane, the day to day, week to week…
The Minimalist
September 23, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“Men do not differ much about what things they call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” – G. K. Chesterton…
Losing Heart, Acting Out
September 15, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. -II Corinthians 4:1 When the going gets tough,…
Hungry Like the Wolf
September 8, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme, I howl and I whine I’m after you Mouth is alive all running inside and I’m…
Sexual Sin – Who Cares?
September 3, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
If it doesn’t matter to God, it shouldn’t matter to us. And even if it does matter to Him, does it matter a lot,…