Navigating Among Naysayers: When to Talk, When to Withdraw
March 23, 2017 | Relational Matters
Starve your distractions, feed your focus. -Author unknown In this age of constant communication, you’re dealing with endless opportunities to interact effectively. Or to…
Church Hurts
March 22, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
Sometimes the person that hurt you the most, is the one you need the most. -Author unknown Some of us bear scars that are,…
Embracing the Drudge
March 20, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. – Galatians 6:9 I find successful…
Marriage Counseling? Don’t Bother Unless You’re Willing to be Bothered
March 7, 2017 | Marriage Matters
If you’re not willing to sweat and suffer a bit, there’s not much point in joining a gym. If you’re not willing to hear…
Frank Worthen: “To Whom Honor is Due”
February 11, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.…
Surrendered Too Soon
February 9, 2017 | Relational Matters
Then the Lord closed the door. Genesis 7:16 The high price of love is yearning, and the stress which goes with it. Agape love…
Losing Heart, Acting Badly
January 19, 2017 | Relational Matters
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,…
The Un-Evangelistic Evangelical
January 12, 2017 | Relational Matters
Lord lay some soul upon my heart and love that soul through me, And may I ever do my part to win that soul…
When Your Name Comes Up, People Feel —
December 29, 2016 | Relational Matters
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve…
When Darkness Lost
December 23, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. -John 1:5 Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost…
Darts Among Friends
December 1, 2016 | Relational Matters
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. – Ephesians 5:16…
What You’re Messaging in your Marriage (And Why you Better Spell Check It)
November 29, 2016 | Marriage Matters
Words may sting, but silence is what breaks the heart. – Author unknown The first maxim of the communication class I had in college…
“I Love You with All My Will”
November 22, 2016 | Marriage Matters
How do you keep the music playing? How do you make it last? How do you keep the song from fading too fast? And…
“You’re Hired!”
November 9, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
For many of us, it’s more a sigh of relief than a victory shout. We wanted him – largely, at least – because of…