My wife Kelsie and I were comparing notes last night after 6 days away with high school students in San Diego. As we continued to roll out our memories, ask each other questions, and reminisce on our favorite times something was apparent; with 10-15 camps in our rearview, we had never experienced a week like [...]
Is it possible that God loves better than mere mortals? That He would love me even if I don’t obey Him first? YES!
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly…God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for [...]
Today I was thinking about trusting God; and, the lyrics to an old hymn came to mind. “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” As I thought about these words, I realized that even as a child singing with all my heart to God, [...]
This morning on my run in the desert mountains I was asking myself, “What’s a diamond ring mean to the typical married woman?” Treasure beyond price. So, why did Lisa give hers away to start a prosthetics ministry for the maimed children of blood diamond country, Sierra Leone? And, this. “What does the typical young [...]
So, my son Caleb is getting married this Saturday… to his childhood sweetheart-Kali. Ten years of dating for committed believers is no small deal. I’m pretty sure if it were me in those shoes we would have eloped to Vegas and been married by an Elvis impersonator by the time I was 18…I’m just saying.
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An interesting thing happened for Joanne and I when we were at the Taste of Bo’s Cafe event in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. We were both struck by how the principles that were taught have to do with parenting. Yes, it was a marriage retreat, but for some reason, we [...]