We live in a world that is both beautiful and broken. It is both peace-filled and pain-filled. It is both love-filled and hate-filled. We live in a world that is complicated. And sometimes we face impossible situations. For those facing troubles right now, you feel what I’m referring to. When we face troubles, real troubles, […]
Give Me a Hungry Beginner Over a Coasting Veteran
I don’t care what it is. Sports, business, faith, you name it. I’ll take a hungry beginner over a coasting veteran. Attitude is almost everything. Talent matters. It matters to the extent in which it will outlast another person’s hunger. Some people don’t have to practice in order to be the best – for a time. […]
My Daughter Taught Me This About God While Hiking
So yesterday, our family went hiking at a State Park that is just east of Cincinnati. It was a lot of fun. We barely made it off the trail before it got to be pitch black dark out – did I mention that between both families, we had 5 kids with us?! It was a blast. […]
4 Valuable Lessons That Will Make You Compassionately Aware
We live in a fast-paced, distraction-abounding world. This makes it hard to be compassionately aware of our surroundings. We coast through our days, worried about simply getting by that we fail at seeing. We fail at being sensitive to what people are going through. But all is not lost. We can experience something different. Recently I, […]
Are You a Christian Muslim?
[callout]The following is an excerpt from a book I am writing. If you enjoy it, sign up for the email list and be notified when the book is finished and ready to be published. I’ll even give you a free 28-day devotional for doing so![/callout] As odd as it sounds, this world is full of […]
An Unlikely Bible Verse For Marriage
Do a Google search of a Bible verse for marriage. You won’t find this verse listed. And yet it could be the most important one of all. At least that’s what I’m finding as I continue to strive and struggle to be the husband my wife needs me to be. I’m to love her like […]