The pastor said, “I feel bad for teenagers today. When I was in High School I only had to compare myself to other teenagers at my school, but now teens have the world to compare themselves to.” Think about this for a minute… If your child is being bullied—it doesn’t stop when they leave school—it […]
We all want to win in our relationships—I mean, I do—don’t you? And for most of us our most precious and treasured relationship is our marriage. And yet, many of us are not winning in that arena. One of the biggest blockers at winning in our marriage relationship is a lack of intimacy—both physical and […]
One of my adult kids was spending the day with us last week and I totally blew it. While he was sharing with us some recent decisions he had made I blurted out, “Don’t do that again. That’s not going to be good for you to do again, and…” Well, you can probably fill in […]
Will you be making resolutions this year? Some of us do, and some of us say, Why bother? Which is totally understandable because sometimes, or oftentimes, what we start out doing at the beginning of the year falls off by the end of the year. Why is that? Maybe it’s because we set expectations of […]
This post is a little different—or a lot different—to share this amazing news with you. I’m featured in a new documentary coming out on New Year’s Eve! It’s called “Faith, Love & Pancakes” and it’s absolutely FREE to watch on YouTube this Sunday night, December 31. **UPDATE: Since this post the documentary is now on Amazon Prime, Prime […]
Christmas is right on top of us. Are you ready? There’s always last minute “stuff” to do and buy or maybe you’ve got a big chunk to take care of. Either way, that glorious Christmas day will be here before you know it. I’d like to make the most of the holiday, wouldn’t you? If […]
As we get emersed with the hustle and bustle of the season we may have chance encounters with people. It’s happened to all of us. We run into someone and as we walk away we feel awful about ourselves. What just happened? Chances are you ran into someone who is a sucker and not a […]
The Thanksgiving holiday has ended and for many of us it leaves us with mixed feelings. We may feel disappointment. Disappointed over how uneventful our holiday was or how we may have acted. We may feel sadness. Sad over loved ones who are no longer with us or sadness over where our life circumstances may […]
He [Jesus] answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all our mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” -Luke 10:27 That was the answer Jesus gave to the lawyer (an expert in Jewish Mosaic and rabbinical law) who asked how […]
In the very beginning of falling in love—those butterfly stomach, heart racing encounters—it seems so easy and natural to make time for each other. Then you get married and the years roll by and the kids come and the in-laws show up unannounced and you’re busy. Sometimes as our love progresses we can put aside […]
