I had just dipped my hands into the hot, soapy water to get dishes checked off of the to-do list…and then I heard the most dreaded sound. In the other room was a toddler wailing. Not the “brother won't share his toy” kind of cry, but the “help me!” kind of cry…

The message appears at the bottom of the big screen. The first 30 minutes of Sunday morning worship are over, and the children are dismissed to the “Kids’ Church.” The older ones have kind of been watching for the message and start making their way down the aisle…

God has given me something to share with fathers. The something He has given me is to shout about the POWER of a father’s prayer for his family.

This thing started last Sunday morning…

… Reportedly, “the first person to enter the pool when the waters were stirred up would supposedly be cured of his or her ailment.” …

… At the front of unwanted heaps of overconsumption, there it was. A "good bones" antique chair just staring at me. The deep brown wood was engraved with a stunning pattern. The back of the chair was…

… Awake sleepers! Be aware of this snare of the enemy…

I love pie. I don't recall a time that I have ever turned down a piece of pie. I don't fully trust people who feel otherwise about it…

Imagine a measuring stick for life … God does not want you anywhere on that stick …

… The liar tells me to just live happily in the safety of that cerebral fortress of yours, where I can love the illusion of loving everyone at arm's length…

Every morning, I look out the window at the tall, old pine tree in my front yard. The sun’s warmest glow of the day reflects and refracts off the collected dew, causing jewel-like needles to dance in the breeze.

God likes to hear us tell Him how great He is. Why is that? Do we serve an attention-seeking, jealous God? The short answer is yes.

Even as a non-believer and new parent, I agreed with my wife that we should try to find a church. My logic was that my children would benefit from instruction in what is right and what is wrong…

… hadn’t been around much grief. And as a follower of Jesus, I’d spent plenty of time contending for healing, chasing joy, and building my faith, but hardly any time learning what the Bible says about sorrow, death, and loss. …

As I wrote the word “thank,” I had an intrusive, unexpected thought. I’m on the lookout for these intruders. These whispers are shouts from God. …

… Lives will be changed, and our trajectories will be precisely directed to transform us to have the mind of Christ…

Jesus told me that I’m full of joy. I don’t always feel full of joy. Jesus was not a liar, so my feelings must be lying to me…

At 7 AM on Friday, June 29th, 2007, I was standing fourth in line at a small ATT store in Hackettstown, New Jersey. That morning, the Apple iPhone Model One was released for sale . . .

The possibility of earning an “F” in marriage and parenting was starting to look like a real possibility. This is not like a college course that you can drop with no penalties. Depression and anger were at my doorstep.

The full acceptance that we find as believers in Christ can be a challenge to grasp. When I read Romans eight, I’m drawn to the amount of times Paul says the words, “In Christ”. …

This week, as Lydia and I continue our efforts to obtain our Master's degree in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary, our professor posed this question for our class discussion. What is the danger of having a belief system of the Trinity that flattens the Trinity to an emphasis on ‘Father, Son, and Holy Bible’? What is the practical damage that happens when a member of the Trinity is replaced by something else?