I’ve made prayer confessions HERE and HERE before. It’s tough for me. I recently read my friend Diane’s book Confessions of a Prayer Slacker which was a tremendous help in so many ways. One of my biggest struggles with prayer is my inability to stay focused. I find my mind running in all kinds of [...]
Like many of you, surprised doesn’t even being to describe how I felt when I read John Piper’s announcement that he would be stepping down from his position at Bethlehem Church to spend the next 8 months working on his marriage. I’ll be honest, I’ve never actually listened to an entire message from John Piper [...]
I’ll admit that at times I have a hard time trusting certain people. I generally develop my feelings of distrust after someone has done something intentionally or unintentionally that makes me question their character. And let’s be honest, if you’re in any kind of relationship with someone long enough from time to time they’re going [...]
Studies are proving we’re not really driven by the idea that “money buys happiness.” Somehow I think we all knew that as we connected the dots and came to the reality that more money didn’t really give us true happiness. So what does motivate us to buy more, spend more, flaunt more. It turns out [...]
Brandi and I seem to have lots of friends who are currently expecting or just had their first children. We’ve officially decided we’re “done” (not going for the little girl). But as parents of 3 boys people (that have not met our boys) often ask us for parenting advice. So in the spirit of fun [...]
I was shocked last week to hear that the second leading cause of death among college students is suicide. Furthermore, I read that as many as 50% of college students have thought about suicide with 15% of them seriously considering it. That’s heartbreaking and after thinking about it I kind of get it. It’s a [...]
Few things energize me like being around curious people. I love the questions they ask. the excitement they radiate, and the way they slow down to examine how things work. I used to be more curious than I am today. I’m afraid my curiosity quotient has gone down over the years not only impacting my [...]
