My wife, Christin, and I were blessed to celebrate our tenth anniversary on June 6th of this year. Marriage is the best relationship…
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The Disciple-Making Dentist
Last night, I had an awesome experience. I went to a dental office for a discipleship group. Yes, you heard me right: I went to a dental office for a discipleship group. I did not go to a church, a house, or a restaurant. I went to a place where they work on teeth! In thirty years of ministry, this is the first time I have ever sat in a discipleship group meeting in a dental office. It was beautiful…
Kickstart Your Spring Cleaning
Whenever Spring comes, it just feels like it’s time for a refresh! With everything going on in life, it can be difficult to get motivated when it comes to Spring cleaning. But in the end, it’s so helpful to clean up the home and get things in order again. There are a few ways to kickstart your spring cleaning this year…
Build Your Biblical Vocabulary
Have you ever listened to a sermon or Bible study and the speaker used a word that just flew over your head? I have! Sometimes big “church” words can be intimidating. It’s easy to just nod your head and act like it makes perfect sense, but some of these words pop up repeatedly around the church in messages, studies, or even songs. I think it’s important to understand their meanings. If you don’t, you risk…
Abundant Life Always Works
Today I ate lunch with a couple of fellow ministers that were both asking the question, “What is wrong with the Church?” Both men care deeply about Christ’s Church and our effectiveness in making disciples. We had a good robust debate about what is working and what is not working in the Church today…
11 Local Date Night Ideas
As married couples, we should always be making date nights a priority, but for some reason, holidays, birthdays, and special events make us more aware and more excited about having a date night!
If you’re in need of a date night or you don’t have plans yet for the next special occasion, try out some of these date night ideas. It doesn't matter where you go, just enjoy spending time together…
Why Is Marriage So Tough?
Marriage is the most mysterious relationship two human beings will ever know. It can be the most wonderful, exciting, fulfilling, life-giving, meaningful experience a person could ever have. And, it can be the most painful, exhausting, miserable, draining, frustrating experience anyone could imagine. I once heard someone say, “Marriage is the most perfect picture of heaven and hell we will know this side of eternity.” Some might think this is a bit over dramatic, but I agree with it completely…
Managing Your Money
A couple of years ago, our staff was getting ready to go through the Financial Peace University class together. My mom was leading the class and wanted me to go, but I really didn’t want to go because I didn’t see the point in it for me. I was only twenty years old at the time with no debt and no mortgage payment, so I thought that the class didn’t really apply to my life…
5 Tips for Managing Your Body
Face Time
In today’s world, there are a lot of different things that try to take our time. Every day is filled with the day-to-day activities, plus other cultural norms such as TV, games, movies, social media, shopping, etc. With so many things trying to take our time from us, we have to remember the most important ways to use our time…
Equip Me According to Your Word
The start of a new year brings so many mixed emotions. From excitement and anticipation, to renewed hopes and goals, to relief and renewal. So many of us set out to accomplish new goals; long-term and short-term at the start of the year. We quickly jump on the band-wagon of “New Year, New Me” by setting fitness goals, spiritual renewals, and personal mantras…
See Christmas Like a Child
A Sweet Celebration
The holiday season can be full of so much excitement, joy, and…food! Growing up my fondest Christmas memories were spent gathered in the kitchen with whisks in hand, the smell of fresh-baked cookies overflowing into every room of the house, and cousins catching up with one another over a cup of hot chocolate at my grandma’s house. No matter what happened from one year to the next, my cousins and I could always count on this tradition…