There are certain things about life that, for the most part, seem like they have to be experienced to be learned and fully appreciated. Relationships are certainly one of those examples.
 As a child...
When I was a young Christian and started regularly reading Scripture, there were several repeated themes that became clear to me. One of those themes that I often noticed was the Lord’s desire to see...
Years ago, when I was leading a Christian ministry located in Pennsylvania's beautiful Pocono mountains, we experienced a stretch of severely bad weather. The weather was often more severe in nature ...
Generally speaking, I’m not a forgetful person. Those who know me best sometimes tease me because I have a strange ability to remember some of the most inconsequential details. I usually do well whe...
Please enjoy this guest post submitted by Christopher Cosenza
Think of a time you were reading your Bible and noticed something that just didn’t seem to add up. You wouldn’t be the first to...
At present, there are 58, 7-page papers I need to grade. If you’re doing the math, that’s 406 pages of reading. As much as I enjoy teaching, I would be lying if I said that I "loved" grading papers....
Recently, I watched a series of presidential biographies. I tend to enjoy content like that, but something I found particularly interesting about the biographies I was watching was the fact that whil...
About two years ago, I had a conversation with a musician who had just released some new music that focused on the nature of his growing relationship with the Lord. We recorded the conversation and a...
During the past several decades of serving in pastoral ministry, I have observed a variety of trends in church ministry come and go. Admittedly, it can be easy for a local church to become stubbornly...
The author, Robert Jordan, is famous for having said, “Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.” I don’t know what you think about that quote or whether it’s a concept you’re l...
Each Spring, my sons and I engage in a pushup challenge. It isn’t a competition, but it is meant to keep us all mutually accountable and pressing on toward the same goal. Each day for an entire mont...
Feeling distant from God? Please take a look with me at what we're told in the book of Hosea about this very concept.
Hosea was a prophet in Israel who served in his role for roughly 60 years. His ...
