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…
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…
4 Straight Facts about ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy
March 10, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
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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…
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…
Facing the Fire
January 18, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
“Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the…
Naked and Unashamed
January 16, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. – Genesis 2:25 Shame wasn’t part of the human vocabulary until…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
Blew It Again?
November 28, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Day has begun and I’m already sinning Help me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste of the grace that…