Growing up in the Deep South, the Bible and church has always played a significant role in my life. Both in our home and through regular church attendance I was taught biblical knowledge. My mother prayed for me every day and spent much time teaching and training me in the routine of home education. My…
I’ve always been intrigued by politics. From my childhood, I was challenged to read and blessed with parents who taught me to ask, think, analyze and attempt “root cause analysis”. 2020 promises to be a good year for such things as the presidential election unfolds. Our heritage of debate, ideas and freedom of exchange is…
There are moments in life where things happen — the birth of a child, the achieving of a diploma, that first muscle-up, that first 5k, that first car, that first time you met the one you knew you would spend the rest of your life with — that forever etch themselves in our memory as…
I remember a while back my dad made the comment that several pastors had come to him asking for help on how to give counsel to several of their self-employed parishioners. His first response was to ask them if they had ever studied the Bible regarding money and work. His second response was to ask…
I am acutely aware of the fact that there are many, many homes where divorce and singleness is a reality. I’ve walked with some of my closest friends through this sad and difficult process in the past few years. I’ve certainly had my own marriage challenges that have at times shook me to my core…
I believe it was Martin Luther that once noted that, after theology, singing has the most important and influential place in the life of the Christian. As a cultural expression, music has always been an accurate expression of the where our hearts and minds are fixed – the feelings and thoughts controlling the “hidden springs”…
