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Light It Up . . . Right Where You Are [ 1 min read ★ ] You are the light of the world—Matthew 5:14 The strongest evidence that we are where God wants us—in our jobs, in our careers, in our cities—is simply that we’re there. God Almighty knows where we are. He sees us (Luke...

Why Good Education Requires the Broad View Good education teaches “the broad view.” It teaches students to take in “the bigger pictures” of history, culture, society, and humanity. Good Education What is “good education?” Of course, like so many words, “education” has different meanings...

Honoring Dignity By The Words We Speak Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:21 We’ve all heard someone curtly reply, “I won’t even dignify that comment with an answer.” Haven’t we? After all, when we feel we’ve been misjudged...

My Spouse Never Listens- Here Are 6 Ways to Get Your Needs Met! While it’s tempting to launch into expressing anger and to get into the attack mode when you feel hurt or frustrated, it can alienate your partner and drive a wedge between you. That said, you’ll accomplish more and improve your...

Refocusing the Drive [ 1 min read ★ ] greatest among you become as the youngest . . . leader as one who serves—Luke 22:26 We men devote so much of our mental attention and hard work to our own greatness. We plan for advancement; strategize next moves; put our heads down and...

God’s Commands about Immigrants Among Us Scripture calls for justice and compassion toward migrants and foreigners, reminding us to treat the alien with fairness, dignity, and love. Scripture Passages about Aliens (Migrants); Foreigners Hebrew “nekar” Exodus 22:21 (NRSV) 21 You shall not...

Jesus Was Not Where He Was Supposed To Be John 20:1-7: “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and...

Family Big Enough? [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . a threefold cord is not quickly broken—Ecclesiastes 4:12 In the family context, building community means building expanded families around our existing, immediate families. These family “expanders” are trusted...

Alone at Work? [ 1 min read ★ ] Whoever isolates himself . . . breaks out against all sound judgment—Proverbs 18:1 Work is a place where we men are apt to live, not as our true selves, but rather as carefully crafted and false versions of ourselves. Work is a...

Here’s What Happens When You Assume the Worst Do you have “psychic-wife syndrome” or PWS? If you’re among the millions of wives who think you can read minds, maybe you should think again. Mind reading is when you assume you know what your husband is thinking or feeling without him saying a...

Breaking the Patterns That Keep You in a Rut Many of my clients sit down in my office and complain that they are stuck in a rut. It may not be full blown depression, but they just can’t find pleasure in day-to-day activities, their job, or their relationships. Kelly, 43, is a teacher and she’s...

May the Force . . . Be You [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . what I want mostly is for men to pray—1 Timothy 2:8-10 There are many forces at work in this world—forces colliding, reacting to each other, influencing one another. And you, brother, are one of them. Each of us is. The...

Want to Get Stronger? [ 1 min read ★ ] They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers—Acts 2:42 Want to get stronger? Want to be tougher? Get connected. When we face trials and challenges, those...

Easter Saturday – Disappointment, despair, and doubt Mary Magdalene woke that Saturday morning confused. Jesus was gone. How could the one who saved her from her demons not be able to save himself? How could the religious rulers who had been no help to her have felt so threatened by him that...

We Keep Choosing Barabbas The story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Choosing Barabbas I’ve been intermittently listening to Bach’s Matthäuspassion performed by the Tölz Boys’ Choir over the last week. (You can watch it here.) It’s a sweeping...

How to Deal Effectively with Being Triggered by Your Partner Allyssa, 37, and John, 40, sat on the couch in my office for their first couples counseling session and spoke about how frequently they trigger each other. When this happens, it usually sets the stage for arguments where they say...

God Makes Much of Little Things God isn’t just in life’s monumental things. He’s present in the little things: rain drops, the artistry of spider webs, and the sound of an acoustic guitar. A child’s laugh, surfing songs, a swing set, sprinklers, and the smell of split cedar. Maple syrup, fresh...

Jesus and Time: “I Have Overcome the World” Cosmic Faith Each year, as the period of Lent approaches, I turn to John’s poignant account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. The pace slows as the apostle devotes almost a quarter of his Gospel to this one intimate gathering of Jesus’ closest...

USSR Couldn’t Snuff Out Easter—Now Russians Reap Hope Generations of great-grandparents and grandparents carried forth Easter traditions such as egg-coloring, baking kulich (a special Easter yeast cake) and making paskha (a pyramid-shaped cottage cheese cake) for their Soviet grandchildren...

You’re Not Too Old: Moses and the Call at 80 Moses has tended sheep for half of his eighty years. You’d have to think, life in Pharaoh’s palace was a distant memory, but I’m not so sure. At eighty years old, you’d have to think he believed the ship of him being anything more than a shepherd...