Feelings, Rights, Preferences, and Honor “Honor” is not a concept often mentioned in our culture these days. I worked in the corporate world for twenty years. As I climbed the corporate ladder, I moved from an entry-level role to senior executive positions for...
Tearing Down Walls in Difficult Relationships Have you seen this meme on social media? “Life is too short to put up with people who make us unhappy.” Some people live by that mantra. Are they right? Should we simply withdraw from people who create unnecessary...
Identifying Your Worldview Did you know you have a worldview? We all do, whether we realize it or not. And if we identify as a Christian, does that mean we have a Christian worldview? Or are we playing “Hokey Pokey” with our faith? Not everyone who identifies...
Are You Praying and Living TALL? I didn’t understand her comment. Our team had met for a working dinner meeting. We shared a meal and completed the planning portion of the session, and now the five of us sat around the dining room table sharing prayer requests....
Work Out Salvation by Running Bases? When we moved into our home twenty years ago, we installed new carpeting. But if you visit me today, a quick glance at the same carpets will tell you a lot about our habits without a word spoken. You could easily determine...
Are You Mastered or a Masterpiece? Did you know my bio is recorded in the Bible? Yup! Paul described me to a T when he wrote in Romans 7:15-19, “I do not understand what I do . . . For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I...
Losing Giants of the Faith The memorial service for pastor and author Tim Keller occurred earlier this week. We mourn another loss in the greater Christian community as his name is added to the list of apologetic giants who have recently passed on to the glory...
Is Your Purpose Out of Balance? I love my phone. Well, maybe not love. But I’m very attached. Except these days I may have to come up with a new name for this device. My mobile device used to be a phone—just a phone. Then it became a phone with a camera. No...
It is my privilege to introduce you to Barb Winters in this guest post as she introduces her new book Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships. Sexpectations releases August 8 and is available now for pre-order. I highly recommend this...
Nowhere to Hide Similar to other states, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) has an “eye in the sky”—and there’s nowhere to hide. Drivers often slow their speed as they approach areas with a reputation for speed traps. Once they pass a spot where troopers have...
Compassion for Friend and Foe Passions are riding high these days. In many ways, our culture—especially related...
Are You Surviving or Thriving? Anyone besides me feel frustrated at the apparent success of...
Rights Christians Have, Don’t Have, Like, and Don’t Like The Constitution. The Bill of Rights. Documents...