Spiritual Formation… Truth Doesn’t Mean Much Without Trust 6 May 20146 May 2014 The past 24 hours has had a reoccurring theme: trust, or rather, the lack thereof. A daughter of mine is struggling with trust issues with her teachers at school, my…
God's Love… Home Again 18 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 One of the things I love to be teaching my girls is that I love them because God made them and He gave them to me. And because of that,…
Going Deeper… Why isn’t God answering my prayers to rescue me from this suffering? 12 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 This is the fourth post in this week's series of posts where I have been addressing some of the questions that are often represented by the question: "Why is this…
Going Deeper… What did I do wrong to deserve this? 10 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 Yesterday I started a series of posts prompted by everyone's favorite pastoral question: "Why is this happening to me?" It is a very honest question when we are suffering, and…
Books Book Review: The Walking Wounded: The Path from Brokenness to Wholeness 19 Feb 20143 Apr 2014 One of the things I have come across more often than I would like in my pastoral ministry is abuse. Verbal abuse and bullying (of both youth and adults) has…
Family… One Day More… 16 Feb 201416 Feb 2014 Tomorrow Anna comes home, and right in time to enjoy February break. I am sure she is looking forward to coming home more than I am…and that would be a…
Family… Our Valentine’s Day Visit 14 Feb 201414 Feb 2014 I was able to have a special early Valentine's Day visit with Anna today. Maggie and Rachel had made her Valentine's Day cards. It was very good. She was rested,…
Family… About Last Night 12 Feb 201412 Feb 2014 Last night my daughter Rachel and I went to visit Anna. As I shared, she had a hard day on Monday. Mandi had gone to see her that afternoon, and…
Faith… Remember to Look Up 11 Feb 201411 Feb 2014 Turn to me and be gracious to me,for I am lonely and afflicted.Relieve the troubles of my heartand free me from my anguish.Look on my affliction and my distressand take…
Family… The Double-Edged Sword 9 Feb 20149 Feb 2014 St. Augustine, Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon. What do they have in common? They are all titans in Christian history? Yes. They all agreed on the sovereignty of God…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 