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September 2015

September 12, 2015

Guest Post by Tammy Franklin: Marriage “Beyond the Nest”

The wife part I'm pretty good at, but the mother role … that's were I...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

How to Be Friends With God

So, I’m in the Dr’s office yesterday and there’s an office assistant there who had...

August 17, 2015

Good is the Enemy of Great

If we serve an excellent God, we should do excellent work. Period.

August 10, 2015

Trust What He Allows

My mind again has to be “Father, if this is your will, it will happen...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

How Swagger Can Help the Gospel

It’s probably a good idea to not repeat the mistakes of those who crucified our...

July 21, 2015

My Brother’s Keeper: Thoughts after Viewing the Amy Winehouse Documentary

Let’s rewrite the script. Let’s change the ending of the movie we’ve seen too many...

July 11, 2015

WWJD? He Might Give Christians a Much-Needed Makeover

I remember it like it was yesterday… I was dancing on the floor with a...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Force Yourself to “Think Grateful”

Sometimes, I can be a whining, complaining wimp. Here's what changed my heart.

June 18, 2015

We Love Close Calls… Until They Happen to Us

God flips the script in a way that can help us in our over time-nail...

June 10, 2015

He Maketh Me To Lie Down

There’s a reason why the word "no" exists.

June 03, 2015

The Time My Friends Didn’t Like My Song… and They were Right

TRUTH: It sets us free. It keeps us out of outfits that don’t go with...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

The Power of “I’m Sorry”

The price we put on Right is an amount that sometimes is more than we...

May 22, 2015

The Price of Quiet

Your confusion is a sign of lack of direction. You can’t hear God, so you...

May 17, 2015

How to Know When to Let Go of Your Dream

It’s hard to let dreams go… I get it. We find value in our dreams...

May 17, 2015

Dear Momma

So momma, we don’t want you to be perfect, just be honest. If you were...

May 14, 2015

Man Up

With balance, and love connected to them, these can be the two most influential words...

May 08, 2015

Help

I just want to feel close; even for a brief moment. To hold hands with...

May 04, 2015

God’s Daughters: Treat His Like You Would Treat Yours

If any man would call my daughter a bitch, put his hand on her, or...

May 04, 2015

God Answers Prayers… And Dreams (Meet Baylor’s Newest Cheerleader)

Whether you’re waiting on doctor’s results, a home loan, or a call back for that...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Why We Still Struggle

Do you question why you still struggle with things now that you are born again?

April 23, 2015

Let ‘Em Feel Ya — A Lesson from Sam Cooke

We need to let the people feel us more than hear us. And just because...

April 22, 2015

Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Building a History with God

Have you developed a history with God?

April 16, 2015

Remember Walter Scott and Lauren Hill, Because Love and Life Go Together

Turn off the arrogance, and turn up the love.

April 16, 2015

Don’t Touch: Because I Love You

If we -- who are finite and limited in our power, vision and knowledge of...

April 13, 2015

The Night I Lost My Son In the Lights

One night, we pulled up and saw the paparazzi in full swing. And guess what?...

April 12, 2015

Stop Trying to Fix Yourself

Commit your wife into Gods hands. Commit your son into Gods hands. Commit your money...

April 07, 2015

Lessons from the Final Four and Cinderella: Don’t Just Pull for the Underdogs

There are nobodies, rejects, the looked-overs… and we love them. We feel them. We dream...

April 03, 2015

Patience In Your Pain: A Letter to Kevin Durant

Your fans don’t know your whole story. They’re just judging the career... not the life.

April 01, 2015

“Yo Momma Jokes” Are Not Funny When It’s “Yo” Momma

Whenever the thought of Jesus comes up in any medium in pop culture, I want...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

R.I.P., Excuses (Not Trying Doesn’t Look Good on You)

If we would’ve let the crowd be the ruler to measure our success we’d give...