I have been privileged over the years to know several Christians in political leadership, both as their pastor and as their friend. One of the frequent concerns I…
Sorrow and Hope
My social media timeline has been filled this week with back to school pictures of mama’s shedding tears as they lament their students growing older and transitioning to…
3 Reasons to Trust Your Shattered Soul to God’s Strength
How’s your soul? Where does it draw its strength from? “Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry…
3 promises God makes to every suffering person
In the appendix of his classic book, The Problem of Pain, C. S. Lewis includes this note from physician R. Havard: “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical…
How do you view God’s word: As a roadmap or a rulebook?
Throughout our lives we are confined to different sets of rules. We are given guidelines in school, at home, and in the workplace. Don’t wear this, don’t eat…
Imago Dei
Introduction: Instead of unity, many people merely tolerate other races. They simply put up with others without any desire to actually enter into a relationship with them. We’ll…
The Power of Unity
Introduction: Instead of unity, many people merely tolerate other races. They simply put up with others without any desire to actually enter into a relationship with them. We’ll…
What is Unity?
Introduction: Instead of unity, many people merely tolerate other races. They simply put up with others without any desire to actually enter into a relationship with them. We’ll…
4 lessons for my son: Fathering (with brown skin)
Sunday, June 14, I celebrated my son’s first birthday, as well as my fifth anniversary. As my son awoke on this special day, he crawled to his feet…
Identity Theft
Introduction: Instead of unity, many people merely tolerate other races. They simply put up with others without any desire to actually enter into a relationship with them. We’ll…
Daily mental health practices and why they’re important
Take a break, they say. Self-care first. Meditation is good for your mental health, they say. Exercise. Yoga. Do this. Do that. But it’s all easier said than…
A slave to anxiety no more
Anxiety is defined as a feeling of distress, unease, and worry or being troubled due to future uncertainty. There is something about the human experience that causes us…