Your Voice in the Dark

It’s rampant.  It’s everywhere.  It’s infected every sphere of society.  It has become so normalized, that too many are blind and deaf to its devastating effect.  I shouldn’t have to explain any further than the recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the hashtag response of #metoo.  What breaks my heart about this recent wave of …

Lost and Found

Out of our foolishness, we wander away.  Because of carelessness, we become misplaced.  Out of our disobedience, betrayal, and selfishness, we live our own life according to our own self-gratification only to find we are dead in our ways. But God... Because of His love for us, finds us in our loneliness.  Because of His …

Your Marriage is Under Attack

“And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” ~ George Washington (1796) The need for …

Change is hard

  About four months ago, I wrote a blog entitled, "Why I'm walking away from my career".  Since that post, I have not written very much due to the transition that we've been going through.  It's been quite a ride!  From career to ministry.  From contractual security to raising financial support.  From traditional education to homeschooling.  …

In pursuit of American freedom

I stand tall.  I immediately well up with pride.  I lose touch with everything going on around me.  My vision gazed upon the colors.  My ears tuned in.  My heart bursts with thankfulness.  On most occasions I get goose-bumps.  Admittedly, I have shed a tear or two.  I think of the hundreds of thousands of …

The huddled masses are yearning to breathe free

Should I be angry?  Should I be confused?  Am I supposed to be conflicted in regards to the recent immigration events going on?  As many of you are now aware, the immigration debate has taken a turn today.  Initially, around 140 illegal immigrants are being transported to a neighboring city to be processed and released …

Marriage on Purpose (part 2)

I guess you could say that Kramer didn't quite have the biblical concept of marriage in mind 🙂 Wedge of discord Getting back to our "thesis statement" on marriage, the sole intent of the marriage union is this: A true biblical marriage is one that points others to Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for the church to bring …

Marriage on Purpose (part 1)

The Institution Interestingly enough, my last three posts on Faith, Commitment, and Motivation have led to this.  In short, marriage takes all three.  It takes a tremendous amount of faith to entrust yourself to the same person for the rest of your life.  What is it that motivates you to sacrifice day in and day …

Commitment is easy

I have discussed the concept of commitment before on this blog, and I used a phrase that has been one of my favorites ever since I heard it about 4 years ago. "Commitment is easy.  Committing to the right thing is the difficult task." It's just one of those sayings that has stuck with me. …

Forward-looking Faith

There is a world of difference between having faith, and living faith. We are currently a "church-in-a-box".  A mobile church that is using a middle school auditorium as our sanctuary, having to use their folding chairs (which are made for middle schoolers).  As I watched the people come in to church, I was looking for …