Sin… What? Is It Lent Again Already? 5 Mar 20145 Mar 2014 Have you ever noticed around certain holidays that people often express surprise at how fast it came around again? You've heard people say things like, Man I can't believe Christmas…
Spiritual Formation… I Hate Waiting 2 Mar 20143 Mar 2014 One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. So many great quotes from that movie. Who has not heard that line of Indigo Montoya, "I will walk up to…
Church… Love and Respect, Part 2 27 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 Now I come to it! What does it mean for wives to submit in Ephesians 5:22? That's the rub isn't it? Well, again Paul points to the relationship between Christ…
Church… Love and Respect, Part 1 26 Feb 201426 Feb 2014 My mentor and friend, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, who almost four years ago was called home to be with his Lord, credited his 57 year marriage to his wife Gloria to…
Worship I Don’t Think So… 25 Feb 201425 Feb 2014 Music. I love music! Music is one of the great therapies of life! In one of God's ironic twists, He has given me a love for music and no personal…
Spiritual Formation How Do You Get To Know God? 24 Feb 201424 Feb 2014 What does it mean to know someone, I mean really know someone? Certainly it means we know of them. It also means we know more than that, it means we…
Family… Sunday Lessons 23 Feb 201423 Feb 2014 Today marks a week since Anna came home from the hospital. The week has predictably been full of ups and downs, but she is glad to be home and we…
Christian Living… Love = Grace + Truth 22 Feb 201422 Feb 2014 A note of Introduction I received a comment today asking me where I got the idea for the title of my blog, Learning to be Full of Grace and Truth.…
God's Love… Running in the Wrong Direction 21 Feb 201421 Feb 2014 I want to highlight two misconceptions many people have, and maybe you are one of them that help create an expectation of Jesus that makes us want to run away…
What I've Been Learning What I’ve Been Learning in My 43rd Year 19 Feb 201419 Feb 2014 Today I turned 44. It has been a heck of a year. There have been many ups and downs, victories and defeats, challenges and triumphs. All that is to say…