[As a pastor, these are some tips that I have found helpful in dealing with people both individually and in groups. I hope these will enrich your life and relationships.] Philippians 4:1-9 Learn to embrace and resolve conflict – not standing up for yourself is not fighting fair. Ask, “So

[Note: A cultural era is rarely one with clear geographic and chronological boundaries. Instead one era tends to gradually fade into the other, with remnants of a past era lingering into the next.] During the pre-modern era – a period of time in human history where the predominant way of

If being judgmental is a human condition then, according to Christianity, Jesus is the antidote. When we are judgmental we are evaluating others against our own values, ideals, words, and actions and finding them wanting by comparison. Whether our analysis is accurate or not it makes us feel better about

I used to think that being judgmental was the sole territory of narrow-minded, self-righteous, religious people. You know the ones I’m talking about. The people that you feel like you can’t be yourself around or be honest with for fear of getting that condescending look or that biting comment. When

It may come as a surprise to some people but Christians are not the only ones who read the Bible and not everyone who reads the Bible reads it the same way or through the same lens – far from it actually. Jews read the Bible – primarily what Christians

Found written on the wall of a Nazi concentration camp: I believe in the sun, even when it isn’t shining, I believe in love, even when I feel it not, I believe in God, even when He is silent. (Found by me in the best devotion book ever – Celtic

Jesus once said, “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or

Several people have asked for a copy of the blessing I give on Sunday mornings at the end of the services in which I preach, so here it is. I hope it is a blessing to you. Someday I might be courageous enough to tell you why I wrote it.

I remember when I was a kid trying to walk across this balance beam. It was about four feet off the ground. I fell off every time. The crazy thing was that there was this other balance beam that was the same width as the four foot one on the

Have you ever heard that story from the Bible where the rich guy comes up to Jesus and asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal (or abundant) life?” The two men talk for a few minutes, but the punch line of the story is that it is hard for