Posts tagged “God”
Playing favorites
In the book the Sibling Effect, Jeffrey Kluger says that most parents have a child that they favor and that they are liars if…
God’s Word to married women
I recently typed wife and married and marriage into a Bible search engine, and what I discovered were the “7 Commandments for Christian Wives.”…
Dads deserve more
We do dads a disservice when we distill them down to their hobbies. Today is a day to honor all that a father represents:…
Three goals for good friends
Despite their soon-to-be-seen flaws, I love what Job’s friends did for their buddy who had hit bottom. “When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,…
Together is better
My family likes to hike—serious hikes with 50 pounds of gear on our backs and covering several miles before stopping for the day, setting…
Ten ways to help people through pain
What do you do when a loved one is in pain? When a friend is grieving a miscarriage, a buddy just got dumped, or…
The heavenly Father’s got this
If you have children, are you a fretting parent? I’m mainly chilled out, but I’ve also been known to—as I call it—panic pray. As…
Why children?
Something must be in the water, because lately a whole slew of young married couples have gotten pregnant at our church. I’ve warned them…
Pray for people
I hear a lot of confessions about pornography. Both men and women, young and old, married and single schedule a time to talk and,…
The purpose of rules
Every family has its own set of rules. Rules dictate proper behavior, govern screen time, and establish daily schedules. Each family is a little…
Fathers matter!
Father’s Day is a little less sentimental than Mother’s Day, and people seem more prone to laugh at Dad’s foibles than praise him for…
Laugh a little
Life can be so serious. There’s a lot of important stuff going on, important things we need to be doing, and important matters we…