Mending a Broken Relationship
Even the best relationships can hit rough spots.
When Fear Seems Overwhelming - Finding Courage and Hope
Everyone fears. Anxiety disorders—from generalized anxiety to panic attacks and full-blown phobias—are the number one mental-health problem i...
How Can I Deal with My Anxiety?
I had a lurking sensation in my body that the spotlight was on.
The God Who Is with Us – The Difference the Incarnation Makes
In Christ we see a very different kind of God.
Escaping the Grip of Guilt
All of us live by expectations that are seldom expressed but always felt at some level. No one is exempt from expectations—nor do we want to be...
Yahweh vs. Baal: The Psalms as Apologetic
The nations around them still had their gods and their high places and their cults. The stories of the gods of Moab and Phoenicia and Philistia c...
Wounded in Worship
For too many, however, it’s simply that church promised more than it delivered. It’s normal to walk away from something that purports to answ...
Worshipping God Means More than Singing
When someone says the word “worship,” what jumps into your brain? In many imaginations—if not most—some kind of music comes along with th...
Words Matter: Speaking with Wisdom in an Age of Outrage
Our words are powerful tools that can be used for great evil or great good.
Why Read the Bible?
Read the Bible with an open mind. Check your presuppositions at the door and let the Bible speak for itself.
Who’s My Neighbor?
I had loved and served those far away, yet I hadn’t even said hello to my actual neighbors.
When Words Hurt
Far too often, however, loving motives are absent in the pain we cause with our words, even in the best of marriages. Almost all marriages experi...
When Trust Is Lost - Hope and Healing from Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse is much broader than forced, unforced, or simulated intercourse. It includes any physical contact such as touching, rubbing, or patt...
When We Just Can’t Stop - Overcoming Addiction
Why can’t we let our addictions go? In part, it’s because they promise to do things for us—things we’ve come to believe we can’t surviv...
When Power is Misused - Confronting Abuse
Turn on the local news or scroll through your favorite news app on your smart-phone. It doesn’t take long to find examples of masculine power t...
When God Says No: Broken Dreams to New Beginnings
I still remember the day Merryn and I decided to start a family. It was the year 2000. We’d been married for five years, were in a settled plac...
When Forgiveness Seems Impossible
Many people believe that forgiveness requires us to unconditionally release others from past wrongs. They assume that they have to forgive in ord...
Deceived by Disappointment
Over time, we notice that people are disappointed in us too—and we begin to feel disappointed in ourselves as well. We can’t shake that secre...
When a Spouse Is Unfaithful - Exposing and Healing an Affair
When a physical or emotional affair is exposed, both spouses must embark on a perilous journey. Trina’s journey began when she refused to suffe...
What Is Worship? Living in Response to God
Does anybody really know what worship is all about? Let’s explore what the Bible tells us about worship and what kind of worship God expects fr...
The Marks of Real Love
With a bold new look and sound, the Beatles stirred a whole generation to sing “all you need is love.” In a much publicized studio reunion, t...
Walking Free: Overcoming What Keeps Us from Jesus
In the Christian tradition, however, the seven deadly sins have played a more serious and practical role in identifying and warning against destr...
Walk with Me: Traveling with Jesus and Others on Life’s Road
Such experiences typically motivate one of three responses in us. We either avert our gaze from the tragedy; we look on in a prurient, unhealthy ...
A Story of a Life Led by the Spirit
In the days following the promise, everyone was a possible Messiah.
