Family

It’s the coined “date night”. A sitter has been hired, and you’ve been looking forward to getting out of the house for some adult conversation. Across the table sits your spouse conversing with one-syllable responses and limited eye contact.  You fight back the urge to pick up your cell phone. Glancing ...

From the beginning, God knew man should not be alone. After breathing life into Adam, God put him to sleep and took out one of his ribs. (Maybe this qualifies as the first surgery ever done.) From this rib, God created a special companion for the man and called her ...

“Light of The World,” the iconic picture of Christ at the garden door, was first painted in the mid-1800s by William Holman Hunt.  The poignant imagery helps us ask ourselves the vital question:  Is my heart open to Christ?  Based on the words of Christ to the Laodicean Church, the ...

In my last post, I stressed the importance of speaking a blessing, on purpose, into the lives, or over the lives of your loved ones.  God is quite specific about the importance of blessing others.  Everyone, deep down, loves to hear–out loud–good things about themselves or positive things we believe ...

Spring is when many people give their homes a deep clean: corners are dusted, surfaces are scrubbed, and windows are opened to allow fresh breezes to air out rooms. Have you ever given your home a spiritual “housecleaning,” though? One morning when I was unable to go to church with ...