Why Life Often Requires Goonie Like Faith

Why Life Often Requires Goonie Like Faith

When I introduced my daughters to one of my favorite movies… The Goonies, I knew they’d love it. It’s a timeless classic that’s thrilling, humorous, and hearkens viewers of all ages to a time when it was easier to believe. Even today, as a much...
God Uses Ordinary Every Day – 7 Posts Showing the Ways

God Uses Ordinary Every Day – 7 Posts Showing the Ways

God uses ordinary. He does it for his mighty works and does it as part of the good plans he has for us. And, it’s not just the most charismatic, famous, skilled and educated he seeks. He used twelve ordinary men to filled with weaknesses and shared their story...
Who Else Feels like a Barren Olive Tree?

Who Else Feels like a Barren Olive Tree?

Life has many prosperous seasons. And there are down seasons – no harvest – as my buddy, Scott Sprunger might say. In such times, people might cling to a desperate hope and remembrances of those more abundant times. They might be marked with regret as they spy upon...
Three Reasons Why Living with Purpose Glorifies God

Three Reasons Why Living with Purpose Glorifies God

GUEST POST: The young man was short, friendly, and had a smile on his face. As we began chatting over some tea, I was intrigued to know he was an economics student. I asked him about the subject and his reply was short and uninterested. I asked him what he planned to...
Poem: That Rock by Chad Gramling

Poem: That Rock by Chad Gramling

One of my favorite verses of any book in the Bible is Isaiah 44:8 which reminds us that our one true source of stability and solid ground is our God the Father. He is the one stronghold to which we all cling. In 2007, I did a blog that I called “No Other...
What a Runaway Dog Teaches About Sin Nature

What a Runaway Dog Teaches About Sin Nature

Last week I took Libbie, the family dog, outside for one last opportunity to water or fertilize the lawn before I went to work. In lieu of regular work shoes, I had some casual flip-flops on so I could take her to the tether we have anchored into the ground....

Poetry: On the Other Side

For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:4 I’m currently leading a study of 2 Corinthians. Last week,...