This story begins last year, the year of the novel coronavirus and racial awakenings and climate change prophecies that have marked all of us. On a summer day in our Texas town, with the heat so intense the locals call it “hair dryer weather,” I made a decision to purchase a Black Lives Matter yard…
God has always used ordinary people to do remarkable things. That’s where you come in, Dad. You are a man God can use. God knows we are imperfect. And the sooner we dads recognize that fact, the sooner we can exchange those imperfections for His goodness. And isn’t that what you really want? To be…
I was raised in the Bible Belt South in a Christian home. While I have grown significantly in my faith since then, I am grateful for my simple understanding of the gospel as a child and the genuine decision I made at a young age to spend my life following Christ. My recollection of the…
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.” (Gal. 5:22-23 CEB) We have two raspberry patches in our yard. One is by the north fence. We planted it, tend it, cut back the canes, weed the bed, water it,…
“Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.” (1 Thess. 5:11 NRSV) It’s probably safe to assume we all know what it’s like to feel down, discouraged, and alone. We’ve all felt like we’re walking in the dark at some point. So we all likely know how even a…
Theme parks keep you engaged at every moment with games, rides, shops, parades, food, and—my personal favorite—fireworks. Soon, you forget that you’ve spent all your money, have been waiting in lines for hours, and have serious blisters forming on your feet. All your attention is on the person who just passed by with a fresh…