Profiles In Personal Pain: Which One Are You?
What’s really eating away at you? Are regrets consuming your thoughts so you’re forced to shut them down? Can you sit in […]
Sex Strikes And Bullying: Why It’s Great For America
Unless you’re married, you should be on a sex strike, or as everyone else in the world calls it; chastity. By no longer having unwed intercourse…
Men With Friends: Choosing Them Wisely
People influence who we are and who we become. If you want to become a better person, you need better friends. Why? Because you will begin to adapt the habits and practices of those guys you spend time with.
Stop Thinking About God…
My Jesus was an American Jesus. I loved Him, and was happy that others in the world got to know about Him, but the truth was, He belonged to America. In my mind’s eye, Jesus carried Old Glory and rode a screaming bald eagle across the sky.
Tracks And Trophies: Neither Brings Dad Back Home
I didn’t know any better. Maybe you’ve been there and know how crappy it is. Of course, when you’re just a little dude, you don’t know that it’s crappy. You think you’re being a lil man, all tough and everything.
Jesus From Palms To Thorns: Be Who They Want, Or Else
Stumbling through life from circumstance to happenstance is how too many of us men fumble through life. Without purpose or intention, we become victims of everyone’s whim while trying to avoid the thorns and wondering what happened to the palms.
Why Men Walk Away: Generational Prodigals
Then I began to dig deeper into the previous generations by recording the same dynamics. Soon, I had created a family tree of truth.
Social Landmines In Today’s Spiritual Battlefield
This is where social pariah feed. Because, just as the crowd did to the contest’s winner; people without foundation will applaud you before they feast upon you.
A Jew, a Catholic Priest and an Atheist Walk Into a Bar: Setting the Bar for Salvation
God knows you have needs, but He isn’t going to smash down your spiritual door like a SWAT team into a drug den. We simply open the door.
Talking About: Christians to LGBTQ: “Our sins Are Better Than Yours”
I sorta figured my latest article was going to grab attention. It did. Lots of attention, but I’m so appreciative of people sharing their heart along with their opinion.
Christians To LGBTQ, “Our Sins Are Better Than Yours.”
The idea isn’t to knock fellow Christians, but to nudge them to stop leering over the fence, and start looking into the mirror. Believe it or not, no one has or will ever earn their way into heaven by pointing out everyone else’s sin.
Methodist Church Makes Stand | Will It Fall?
What are your thoughts about this? Has the United Methodist Church messed up by not changing with the times to remain culturally relevant?
March Madness: Day 11 | Yep, It’s That Day…
I had this wonderfully introspective post ready for today. Leading up to my birthday, I like to use the time to reflect over the course of my life. But, as I began to write,
March Madness: Day 10 | Maybe He Did Know…
And, while leaving it all behind to serve God was foreign to a little boy whose family never attended church, God knew the desire to know Him would lead me onto His path.
March Madness: Day 9 | My Tribe…
March Madness: Day 9 My Tribe… There are so many things I love about this picture. The memory I have from that […]
March Madness: Day 8 | Had I Only Known…
March Madness: Day 8 Had I only known… Have you ever been thrust into a situation and figured, what the heck? Well, […]
March Madness: Day 7 | Keep Looking Up…
We’d also lost who we were, and what we knew of each other. That’s when we choose to look up, and set our sights on what was truly important in this life – God – each other – family – and everything else.
March Madness: Day 6 | See what you married into…
I keep wondering if it’s a dream. I mean at almost 54 years old (March 11th,) it amazes me to be so blessed with family who love each other and loves me.
March Madness: Day 5 | Hold That Line
I spent my youth doing one thing. Can you guess what it was? Well, besides sports of course. I spent it doing what most young boys do – trying to earn the approval of their dad. A few years ago I sat next to him in a hospital bed as he lingered in and out of conscientiousness.
March Madness: Day 4 | Some Days Are Diamonds
I was an empty vessel that was never going to be filled by Leah, no matter how much she poured into me. She knew that too, and this is where the beauty of a spouse comes to life.
March Madness: Day 3 | Better Late Than Never!
I still get uncomfortable when people do kind things for me just because. But I’m working to become a better receiver of blessings.
March Madness: Day 2 | Grieving Loss
It’s also why I’ve dreaded this day since she passed. There was never the natural grieving process that unshackled the hurt of loss to allow for the sweet memories of sharing this special month.
Dry Creeks In Your Life
Have you found yourself in a season where what was once good, has dried up,and you look around asking God what happened?
Live Your Life With Purpose
Live Your Life With Purpose
You are no accident. God created you with His intention for a very special purpose.
Intentional | Life the Way God Designed It
We naturally respond to situations through emotion and action. Often times, the outcomes aren’t what we expected or wanted. Yet, we find ourselves unable to apologize, afraid of the consequences or just ashamed of what we’ve done.
Sin Transference | Do You Do It?
Sin Transference | Do You Do It? Do we take responsibility for our actions, or throw others under the bus like Adam did to Eve?
Pain. Time Does Not Heal It
My oldest brother sent me an email. It broke my heart. He’s not far from 70 years old. He, like me and […]
Your Sin Hurts Others
What did Bathsheba’s husband do to deserve being set up and murdered? Nothing. But King David’s sexual sin caused innocent blood to spill. Who are we hurting when we sin?
Linger In God’s Spirit
Let’s make the time to pray, and when we do, let’s not treat the time like a to do wish list. Slow down and spend time in the relationship with our Father.
Choose Life..You Have The Power:
Be intentional in your decisions. God gives us power to choose life, real real, so let’s make an intentional effort to choose wisely – choose life.
Don’t Miss Your Future By Looking Back
God has a blessing for us, but we waste more effort looking back than we do pressing forward. Eyes on the prize!!
Equal Favor
Pursue out of love, not personal preference!
Do This Before Asking God To Change Others…
First become the vessel God needs you to be to receive His blessing.
Taming Lions Or Running From Them?
Do you feel like Daniel in the lion’s den? If so, there is no fear of the beasts. God will protect you and bless you even in your darkest times.
In Due Time…Are You Ready To Receive It?
God is going to bless you, but you must become the vessel to receive that blessing.
Patience – Purposeful – Intentional
What Golden Calf Are You Worshiping?
But I understood that we do the same thing when we create our own golden calves. It might be our job, or hobby, or new girlfriend or even our kids.
What Is God Trying To Say To You This Year?
What Is God Trying To Say To You This Year? Start the year out with purpose and intentionality in everything you do.
God’s Words For Your New Year: Purposeful and Intentional
Two words God gave me for 2019 are Purposeful and Intentional. You may grow tired of hearing them, but I know they were meant for you too.
Approaching The New Year Happily
The frenzy to make resolutions is more about traditions than realistic expectation to uphold the silent pledge just before the stroke of midnight.
Building A Better Man
Many religions no longer feed the masculine soul of a man. Why? Because the shift toward single moms and grandparents raising their progeny has tilted the church’s focus toward our wonderful sisters.
It wasn’t their choice—it was our absence.
I Am Who You Say I Am: Are You Really?
Who cares? Let’s only focus only on who God says we are.
23 Days of 31: You Can Fix That
Everyone has hurt in their life. I mean, how can you not. This doesn’t mean everyone was abused or abandoned, or suffered through childhood. Maybe it was the loss of a parent or child, or divorce.
22 Days of 31: I Don’t Belong
Therein lies my plight. Although I’ve spent my entire career being in the center, I never felt that I belonged wherever it was I found myself. I’m not an introvert by any stretch of the imagination, but there’s always this nagging tick of inferiority.
21 Days of 31: Candle in the Wind
Keeping our candle lit is the difference between cold extinguished and setting life ablaze. Like any candle, we first need a spark, and the oxygen to fuel the flame.
20 Days of 31: Lift His Name, Raise Your Game
20 Days of 31: Lift His Name, Raise Your Game I don’t use this word lightly, and it’s possible that you’ve not […]
19 Days of 31: Rough is Relative
Being aware of the seasons in our life are important. I especially become aware during the mountaintop moments. Not because they’re incredible and I’m on an emotional high. But, because I know what’s to come.
17 Days of 31: If I Told You My Story
So many people want to wade into the muck and offer advice and opinions across the social streams. They become e-experts with safe responses and pre-calculated comments.
16 Days of 31: Falling In The Gap
See, we’ve not progressed too far beyond that fateful day when mankind fell because of temptation. We’re disobedient and willful. Of course, God allows us free will so that we do have a choice. Otherwise, how could we actually show love if we didn’t have the choice to not show love?
14 Days of 31: Put Product On It
This goes all the way back to the beginning – Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve lived in paradise, and that they were naked was of no shame. They had no secrets or need to put “product” on anything.
13 Days of 31: Eye Opener
13 Days of 31: Eye Opener Have you ever read something, and loved it so much that you came to know it […]