I never liked school. I mean, I enjoyed recess, phy ed, and lunch, because all of those involved going out on the playground to play football with my friends. But every year as summer drew to a close,...  Read More

What does it mean to have faith like a mustard seed?  In this verse, Jesus uses an analogy, and I find it interesting that he compares faith to a mustard seed.  I think there are a couple lessons we c...  Read More

How much of our peace depends on something changing?“I’ll have peace when this situation gets resolved.”“When this busy season is over.”“When the relationship gets better.”“When I know what the future...  Read More

God has uniquely fashioned each of us to serve and live for Him.  We all have different personalities, abilities, and spiritual giftedness.  When God combines these things together, we all have specia...  Read More

Have you ever heard the phrase: “keeping up with the Jones’s”? The idea is that if your neighbor or friend or peer has something, you feel the need to have that something as well, or at least equivale...  Read More

I once heard the following line from a stand-up comedian: “On a scale of 1 to 10, parenting is a lot of 1s and a lot of 10s.” This was definitely true of Lauren and my first experience parenting a tod...  Read More