Posted inInspiration
Ready for an Honest New Year’s Assessment?
These 5 components will determine your fulfillment and impact in the coming year!
Posted inChurch Health & Growth Inspiration Leadership
What in the World Happened to Demas?
Abandonment. Desertion. Betrayal. Our culture seems to be facing a new pandemic, caused not by an evil virus but rather by selfishness and dysfunctional relationships. Jesus predicted this would happen…
Posted inInspiration Leadership
What I Learned from John Rankin
Lately I've found myself thinking about John Rankin, a guy in our Christian fellowship group at Denison University nearly 50 years ago. John wasn't one of my best friends --…
Posted inInspiration Relationships & Romance
Ron Encounters the ‘Marriage Matrix’
My good friend Ron is at it again. Still agonizing over what went wrong with his marriage, he wants to make sure he doesn't make the same mistakes if he…
Posted inInspiration Relationships & Romance
Avoiding Emotional Roller Coasters in 2018
People probably like roller coasters for the same reason they like scary movies. There's an undeniable adrenaline surge when you think your life's in jeopardy. But I'm not sure that's…
Posted inInspiration Relationships & Romance
The Elusive ‘Proverbs 31’ Ideal Today
When a friend recently asked me to share my thoughts on the "Proverbs 31" woman and man, it unexpectedly was a painful experience. As never before, I realized how cynical…