Here’s to a 2017 Without Excuses
January 2, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me — -Job 9:20 The non-apology apology is one of life’s most frustrating experiences. It…
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…
A Confident Heart
December 28, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then…
And the Soul Felt its Worth
December 24, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
If I tell myself I’m wonderful, I’m deluded. If I tell myself I’m horrible, I’m at least half right.But if I tell myself I’m…
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…
My Glorious Thorn
December 21, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to…
The Baby on Death Row
December 19, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
“Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this…
Of Truth Telling and Roller Coasters
December 16, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
The following is a revised excerpt from my book “Speaking of Homosexuality” When someone you love is in the wrong, then you’re in the…
Three Concepts that are Choking our Conversations
December 15, 2016 | Relational Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
The Family Shepherd Guy
December 14, 2016 | Marriage Matters
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs. – Pam Brown When asked what we do, most…
In This Thy Might
December 9, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites:…
Brattitude
December 8, 2016 | Relational Matters
It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent…
Where Love and Sorrow Meet
December 5, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
“When Jesus calls a man, He bids him come and die.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer If you’re not willing to die to self in general,…
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…