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August 2013

August 20, 2013

Going out in style

If I were faced with Alzheimer’s, or another debilitating disease, would I be able to...

August 16, 2013

The Long View: Why Men Often Don’t Think Like Women

To pick a goal, a desire, or a destiny and to focus on it might...

August 14, 2013

Getting naked with your friends

Getting naked with our friends has nothing to do with clothes and everything about growth....

August 07, 2013

Living Large (in a Shrinking World)

ich people are lonely. I've seen it while I lived as a pauper in one...

August 05, 2013

When Summer Vacation Plans Go Wrong

We’ve had our own plans go awry; Trips to the emergency rooms, flat tires on...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Tell the truth: What Wonder Woman–and God–Really Want

God posed a question to Adam in the garden. “Where are you, Adam,” after he...

July 29, 2013

Baby Games — Five Steps to Help You Finally Grow Up in Your Faith

Today, I'm pleased to host a guest post from Mellissa Thomas, who hails from Florida and...

July 19, 2013

Just How Loyal Are You?

Just How Loyal Are You ? I was honored to have this published over at...

July 17, 2013

Photo-bombing God

Rather than sit through a lesson and find some sort of application for my mixed...

July 09, 2013

Arguing with the GPS

I don't know how I ended up here to be honest. I think I just...

July 02, 2013

You Only Live Once (YOLO) — An Excuse to be Stupid, or a Chance to Change the World?

Since when is happiness the ultimate goal? “As long as they are happy” or “in...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

How to Balance Life and Work

Balance is a hard thing to find. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to...

June 25, 2013

Why don’t they believe?

But not having faith isn’t really about science, is it? Science doesn’t answer everything. Science...

June 18, 2013

Lost your religion? What atheists really believe

I have read about those who hang their hat of disbelief on abortion protests, or...

June 12, 2013

How this baker ended up at the forefront of the culture wars

Jack Phillips is a Lakewood, CO, baker who stands firm in his faith and conviction...

June 10, 2013

Can I Pray For You?

For three decades I've believed in the power of prayer in the middle of the...

June 07, 2013

Dear Graduates: Ignore the Voices

I realize that I hear the same voices – and you’ll hear them too. You’re...

June 05, 2013

The Only Toys a Kid Really Needs

I recently read a list of the best-selling toys of time. There were familiar ones...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Growing up is easy for them, hard on us – A Parent’s Reflection

Transitions are hard. We spend years preparing our children to leave -- and then hold...

May 28, 2013

Have Yourself a Very Simple Summer

Sometimes the best summers are the ones lived on the fly -- with simple little...

May 20, 2013

Is it better to burn out, or simply fade away?

I've lost friends just because I didn't pay attention. I lost a marriage because I...

May 14, 2013

Four things to do when you make a mistake at work

(From today's post over at The High Calling. Won't you join the conversation over there?) As a...

May 10, 2013

With Dirt On Her Hands: For the Mother’s Who Toil

(A repost of an article I wrote that was published in The Story Jar. A...

May 09, 2013

Stealing Ketchup

So it's finally time to come clean. I worked at a restaurant once as a...

May 01, 2013

What Will God Hang on His Refrigerator?

I remember coming home from work and there was my son, lying on his stomach...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

He Gave His Medal Away to a Stranger: The Boston Marathon Saint

Laura Wellington was half a mile away from finishing when the bombs went off. The Boston...

April 23, 2013

Why the Atheist has far more faith than I

There are a number of popular books by modern-day atheists like Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris. These new...

April 19, 2013

How to Build the Impossible Bridge

If your situation seems too dark, too desperate, too impossible, I want to float a...

April 17, 2013

How can I promote justice for the innocent without revenge?

Kids in classroom killed for no reason.A midnight showing of an adventure movie ends in...

April 09, 2013

When the good go bad

The biblical hall of faith is filled with men of passion and zeal. Read the...