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,

There is a limiting lie in our culture that hurts both us and our children. The thread of the lie goes something like this, “Infancy, babyhood, childhood, the teen years, and the twenties shouldn’t be taken seriously or treated as overly important. Goof off now, waste now, think of yourself

Towards the end of his ministry Jesus tells this story of a master who leaves wealth and responsibility in the hands of three servants in the form of differing amounts of gold.  Then the master heads out on a journey.  The master was gone a long time, but one day,

A couple of weeks ago after church my family and I loaded up the van and headed out of town for a quick two-day camping trip in the mountains.  As is typical for a pastor family when trying to get out of town on a Sunday, we hit the road

Some of the things that Jesus said we’re not completely sure what he meant.  These tend to create interesting Bible study discussions, inspire authors to write thought-provoking books, and academics to launch into debates.  One of these is a short statement that Jesus seems to throw in at the end

A lot of people don’t know the difference between niceness and kindness.  They sound similar, but they couldn’t be more different. The best example I’ve ever heard that illustrates the difference comes from a friend of mine while he was with the U.S. Special Forces fighting in Iraq. He had

There are just three of you at the moment – seven, five, and a little brother due around Christmas.  Maybe there will be a four of you one day.  I hope so and I’m writing this already thinking of you. Some people will say that it is morbid to write

I have been involved in the lives of at-risk teens (white ones, brown ones, and in recent years, black ones) for a long time and over the years I have learned that there are certain things that they need to hear and certain things they don’t need to hear.  There

Here is a good insight I got from a friend of mine.  See which of these three things you bring to the table.  Then think about the people you work with and what they bring to the table. Everyone who wants to succeed in a work environment must have at

At almost seven and four, you are both far too young for this conversation now, but I was thinking about it and wanted to write a note to your future selves. At some point in your lives you will hear or pick up the message that “men are primarily visual