God’s Misery
January 8, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of…
The Conservative Dinosaur
November 14, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton A woman stomped…
Houston, Homosexuality and Heavy Handedness
October 15, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Since the Ebola scare is today’s top story, there’s a secondary item you may be unaware of: the City Council of Houston has subpoenaed…
The Shoulder Ride
August 11, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
The Shoulder Ride Perverse and foolish oft I strayed and yet in love He sought me And on His shoulder gently laid, and home,…
The Joy of Awful
June 12, 2014 | Relational Matters
“A person overtly expresses distress, but it is covertly gratified at the prospect of the satisfaction they can wring from their misfortune.” – Dr.…
Graceless
June 4, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling…
Worship and Recovery
April 3, 2014 | Relational Matters
Guest posting by Renee Dallas Note from Joe: I’ve received a number of messages from wives asking for help dealing with their own pain over…
Point Man
March 4, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, ‘What is it that you want from me?’” ― Shannon L. Alder Guys talk…
Wrestling with Arizona
February 27, 2014 | Relational Matters
I’ve been wrestling with the rightness or wrongness of SB 1062 the controversial bill passed by the Arizona Legislature but vetoed by the state’s…
Strangely Dim
February 3, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if…
My Little Christmas Sinner
December 23, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
My youngest son probably isn’t crazy about it when I tell stories about his childhood. At the ripe age of 17 I guess he’s…
How Do I Know He’s Getting Better? Five Things to Look for When a Man Says He’s Repentant
October 29, 2013 | Marriage Matters
Wives often ask my wife and I how they can really know their husband, who’s committed some form of sexual sin, is getting better.…
Dust As I Am
October 1, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” -Psalms 103:14 If a man falls into sexual sin he can repent…
From the Ashes – Remembering 9/11
September 11, 2013 | Doctrinal Matters
You remember where you were when it all came down. And what you were doing, and how you felt when you first saw the…