I see drug addicts every day.  I know most of them by name and many of their stories.  For many of them, their life is singularly focused on one thing – their next hit.  They might think of something else for a little while, but their thoughts, their attention, their

I have noticed a shift in the professional coaching and counseling world from an emphasis on goals to an emphasis on habits. Being a go-getter, being able to set goals and accomplish them, has been held as a high ideal in our culture for some time.  It still is, and

Very early in Jesus’ ministry he attempts to teach his disciples something that is seemingly ridiculous.  In Matthew 5:44, Jesus says, “Love your enemies and pray for those who mistreat you.”  Now, anyone who has ever had a proper enemy before intuitively knows that “love” is not what you do

This is a two-part series on the Coronavirus situation in America under the themes of anger and hope. First, the place for anger – “Things Didn’t Have to be This Way.” Today, Coronavirus (or CV) is the third leading cause of death in the United States.  Unless something unforeseen happens,

I’ve learned from Jesus, Julius Caesar, and my wife, that sometimes to make important changes in life, we need to remove all other options. In the ninth chapter of Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tells his followers, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must take up their cross (lay their everything down)

We live in a world now (Spring 2020) where caring for your health is a way of loving your neighbor. We’ve been circulating this information around our church for the past month or so. Hopefully it can be a help to you. You can view it below or download and

When it comes to dating, the majority of people have the same goal – to find someone that they can create a relationship of love and trust with that will last.  Obviously there are people who date with other primary goals, but in general, this desire for a lasting relationship

Deciphering who you or the people you care about will become might seem like an attempt to peer into the unknowable, but in many ways it’s not. There will obviously be some known-unknowns.  These are things that you may know you don’t know – like which college you go to,

I have written about this before, but it is worth updating and repeating. Before my oldest son was born and my wife and I became parents for the first time, my wonderful mother-in-law gave us a precious gift – a little book of advice and blessings on parenting that she

Jesus has a lot to say about people who are “rich” and people who are “poor.”  In fact understanding what Jesus teaches about the rich and the poor is a vital part of the framework for understanding and living out the Christian life. Unfortunately for those of us in modern