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May 2021

May 03, 2021

Moving Past Regret: How to Fix a Painful Past

Retrospect is a human luxury. It’s great to remember the good, the joyous journey of...

April 2021

April 29, 2021

Nowhere Else to Go: Why We Return to Jesus

I run from God too. When the hard sayings teachings make me wobble, the internal...

April 26, 2021

Sins of the Father: What Should we do about an Imperfect Past?

The arrogant presumption that what we know today is the correct view of history, that...

April 12, 2021

An awkward dinner with Jesus

Now that Easter is over, my mind has been thinking about the days after his...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

Will the flags ever be at full-staff again?

It’s moments like this when people of faith need to rise to the occasion by...

March 17, 2021

Give a Little Grace

If we don’t begin to embrace Grace, we will devolve into sheer and utter contempt...

March 08, 2021

When words kill a culture: The vigilantes of vocabulary

There is a deep need for voices who can use their words to redeem this...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Does your life have impact? Become a person of the dash

Instead, live for the dash. These precious moments that God has given you to do...

February 03, 2021

We all need this kind of music right now – Phil Keaggy and Jeff Johnson calmly call us back home.

A new release by Phil Keaggy and Jeff Johnson is the prescriptive medicine for all...

February 02, 2021

“How did I get here?” The question every person should ask

I catch myself looking backward sometimes. Places I’ve lived. People I've known. I remember those...

January 2021

January 11, 2021

This world is not our home

Christian, you will be chastised, ostracized, removed. You’ll be an outsider, a nobody, a misfit, a lackey. You’ll be the last...

December 2020

December 21, 2020

Jesus never celebrated Christmas

In fact, Paul never mentioned Christmas or the Nativity as a particular day. Come to...

December 12, 2020

Why it’s Never Too Late to Have a Merry Christmas

But here's a truth – light has always been the ultimate symbol of hope. Despite...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Google this: The Internet doesn’t make us any smarter

All of this access to knowledge really hasn’t made society any better. We’re still blundering...

November 01, 2020

Anxious about the election?

We have another Kingdom, one that doesn’t need a political win on this earth to...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

Losing friends to politics

There is an uncivil war in churches, workplaces, and families. This election is not more...

September 17, 2020

Defined by hope

As a survivor of human trafficking, embers of my exploitation have burned self-hate, fear, anger,...

July 2020

July 27, 2020

Gambling in Nevada is just fine. But going to church is not.

People in Nevada can take a chance on a poker table but can’t take a...

July 20, 2020

Should I stay or should I go? Churches start to reopen

Unfortunately, too many of our political leaders have, calling church “nonessential” in the middle of...

July 10, 2020

Words are killing our culture

There's no glory in inflicting pain. There's no victory in causing another's defeat. Words should...

June 2020

June 26, 2020

Sins of The Father: What Should we do About an Imperfect Past?

Lurking in the background is the arrogant presumption that what we know today is the...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

Who needs a bucket list? I have today.

Thus, the problem with Bucket Lists. We think that to really experience things, we have...

May 19, 2020

The lesser of two evils (Yes, it’s still evil)

The problem with a Christian culture that is increasingly influenced by secular thoughts, we don’t...

May 03, 2020

The Call to Unite — Former President George Bush’s timely message for everyone

In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants, we are human beings, equally vulnerable...

April 2020

April 06, 2020

This virus is a thief. But it cannot steal my joy

Joy is the that deep-rooted strength that doesn’t depend on circumstance. It’s a word that...

March 2020

March 14, 2020

Can’t quarantine Jesus — Churches respond to pandemic

In times of crisis, we lean on our faith community and religious rituals to give...

March 04, 2020

What does God put on His refrigerator?

That family applause of achievement never really ends. We cheer our children as they grow....

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Of the seven deadly sins, this one is the most fun

Anger is a proper motivator to rid the world of evil or to right wrongs....

February 17, 2020

Stealing ketchup: Rationalizing the wrongs we do

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

February 10, 2020

Change the world? We’ve all got an excuse, don’t we?

I was once a not-stopping-for-anything young man, ready to change the world. I did my...