One year when my daughter was in middle school, I had the unusual opportunity to pick her up from school every day. I worked downtown and we lived in the suburbs, so this was a short-lived and precious season. Each …
Read moreWhat Picking Up My Daughter From School Taught Me About Surrender
Most of us are angry at something. We are angry at our parents for what we didn’t receive as a child; we are angry at what we are not receiving from our partners as adults (or maybe we are angry …
Many times we want the benefits of work minus the suffering, or we want resurrection without crucifixion. In the story of the prodigal son, the judgmental elder brother did work hard, but relationally he was a coward; he dodged familial …
There are basically four ways to live the Christian life. WAY #1 The first way is to attempt to do it entirely on our own, by our own effort and willpower. This way is doomed to failure. Jesus stated very …
In our Christian circles, the word fellowship has come to mean little more than Christian social activity. It may mean the exchange of pleasantries over coffee and cookies at church, or the social functions of our high school or campus …
If you’re open to the renewal of your mind by the Holy Spirit, and if such renewal serves the purpose of making us more like Jesus, then you need to brace yourself—you’re going to get more weird! That’s because Jesus …
I am worried I am going to become a monster. It used to be that I could separate porn from relationships. Now I am not so sure. – Kevin I’m not ready to tell you everything, but it’s just so …
If I hadn’t been caught by my wife, I think I would have been arrested at some point because the porn I started looking at was getting really horrible. – Andy This article is the second of a three-part series excerpted …
We arrive home, and I unload the bags while Penny unpacks her backpack. “Do you have any homework?” I ask. “Nope,” she says. “Well, are you working on anything at school these days?” “Research,” she says. I have learned to …
Read moreWhat My Daughter with Down Syndrome Helped Me Understand About Sin
No one ever wakes up and says, “I’m willing to resign my sexual life to perversion and degradation.” Most of us, however, find that the longer we remain in unwanted behavior, the more hijacked our experience with it becomes. When …