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February 2018

February 04, 2018

40 Things to do Before You’re 40

I've written some blog articles in five minutes or less, but this one has taken...

January 2018

January 04, 2018

12 Books that could Change Your Life

I have a confession to make...When I was young, I thought reading was boring. That's...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

When I Tell You that I Love You (A Bedtime Poem for Kids)

The most important gift you can give your children is to help them know with confidence...

December 20, 2017

Infertility, Divorce and New Beginnings: One Woman’s Extraordinary Journey

Have you ever come to a crossroads in your life where the road behind you...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Ten Rules for a Happy Life

We all want to be happy, but for most of us, happiness is just this...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

9 Things Happy People Do EVERY Day

One of the greatest desires of the human heart is to find true and meaningful...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

3 Keys to Raising Teens Who Don’t Rebel

Below is a guest post from Rebecca Lindenbach. She's an exceptional young lady and the...

September 19, 2017

Overcoming the Scars of Sexual Abuse

She was standing right in front of me but she seemed miles away. There was...

September 13, 2017

3 Keys to Every Healthy Relationship (Lessons I Learned From Watching “Same Kind of Different As Me”)

I recently had the opportunity to preview a new movie called Same Kind of Different...

September 10, 2017

14 Bible Verses to Give You Peace in Difficult Times

Struggles in life come in all shapes in sizes. Sometimes, there are literal storms with...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Why Every Christian Should Visit Israel

Just a few weeks ago, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to the Holy...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

The Truth about Saint Patrick’s Day

March 17 has become an annual tradition of all things Irish. In America, we have...

January 2017

January 06, 2017

The ONE THING that could change your marriage forever

Below is a guest post from my friend Matt Brown. Matt is a husband, Dad, Author,...

November 2016

November 01, 2016

Keeping love alive as memories fade

If you have a loved one with Alzheimer's or Dementia, please take a minute to...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

9 things God wants you to know today

Through all these seasons of seasons of life, God wants us to keep the right...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

How to heal a broken heart

4 steps to move from heartbreak to healing.

August 13, 2016

Michael Phelps credits this book with saving his life

The Olympic Champion was addicted, depressed and on the verge of suicide until he read...

August 01, 2016

The 12 steps to true happiness

Happy people do these 12 things. Unhappy people don't. It's that simple.

July 2016

July 28, 2016

7 signs of true friendship

A real friend will embody these seven traits.

July 21, 2016

7 ways modern men are failing

Many men are missing the mark in these seven important areas.

July 18, 2016

When life wrecks your plans

When your plans get wrecked, you have an important choice to make. What you do...

July 07, 2016

3 countercultural values for raising kids

My good friends Kevin and Melissa Lloyd are raising two extraordinary daughters. Their countercultural approach to...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

Feel like you’re failing as a parent? Remember this…

Being a parent is probably the most difficult (and also the most rewarding) job on...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

How to survive a “For Worse” season of marriage

When a couple promises to love each other “For better or for worse,” most will...

May 06, 2016

How to love your family (according to the Bible)

Raising a family is a wonderful privilege, a sacred responsibility and probably the hardest job...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

3 things God wants you to know when life doesn’t make sense

We've all faced moments of struggle, heartbreak or frustration when life just doesn't seem to...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

5 things to do with your family on Easter

This Sunday, billions of people all over the world will celebrate Easter. For many, this celebration...

March 06, 2016

Before you judge someone, consider this…

It's tempting to judge people based solely on what we see on the surface, but...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

The 5 signs of a REAL apology

We have ALL blown it before. We've all had times when we need to seek...

February 18, 2016

A prayer for my wife

My amazing wife Ashley recently shared "A prayer for my husband" on her blog. I'm so thankful...