Willing to Will; Believing with some Doubt
February 20, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
Draw me, and we will run after thee.” – Song of Songs 1:4 Today while I’m striving to keep my mind where it belongs, and…
Staying Power
February 14, 2017 | Marriage Matters
By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We’re like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we…
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…
Lord of the Interior
February 8, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
If we only give the hand unto the Lord and do not give our hearts to Him, whatever our pretensions, professions, and present feelings…
Zombied with Children
January 10, 2017 | Marriage Matters
Our culture’s interest in all things zombie – The Walking Dead series on AMC, zombie movies, zombie apocalypse enthusiasts – is puzzling. The creatures…
Jesus: The Way, or One of Many Ways?
January 4, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
Believers today are under a bright, unforgiving spotlight. The culture seems more and more curious to know why we believe what we believe, and…
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…
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,…