When Being Good Becomes A Substitute For Knowing God
What if the people we influence learn how to behave, but never learn how to come to Jesus? What if they remember our advice, admire our values, and follow our example, yet never meet the [...]
What Does It Mean To Suffer Well?
What if trusting God leaves you with tears in your eyes and questions you cannot answer? Several friends are walking through difficult seasons right now. As I think about what they are facing, I find [...]
What Does Your Life Say You Love?
What if the biggest problem with our busy lives isn’t what we forget, but what we keep deciding can wait? We say God comes first. But sometimes prayer can wait. Serving someone can wait. Generosity [...]
When Your Words Don’t Reflect Your Heart
It’s easy to talk about the love of Jesus until someone says something that makes you want to have the last word. Yesterday, that someone was me. I had a relational conflict, and instead of [...]
Let Your Life Answer God’s Call
New research from the Barna Group reveals that three-quarters of U.S. adults (75 percent) say they are looking for ways to live a more meaningful life. Among Christians, there is an additional question: “What does [...]
Before “Someday” Becomes Too Late
Scripture reading: Matthew 22:37–40; 1 John 3:18 There is a particular ache in realizing someone you love has stopped asking for your time. The child who once begged you to play quietly finds something else [...]
I Want To Want What You Want
Sometimes the hardest thing God asks us to surrender is something we once would have gladly left behind. In 2010, I read Tramp for the Lord by Corrie ten Boom. One account stayed with me: [...]
Bring Your Questions To Jesus
My friend Rick’s life changed on the drive home from a West Virginia ski trip. His ten-year-old daughter, Emily, had broken her leg. She rested in the back of their SUV with her mother, Joni, [...]
Walking In The Light Together
After Corrie ten Boom was released from a German concentration camp, she traveled the world as an evangelist. During this time, her traveling companion was a young woman named Connie. One afternoon, as Corrie [...]
What Does God Do While You Wait?
Have you been holding on to the hope of something for so long that you sometimes wish your dream would die so you could be relieved of longing? If you're like me, you've wrestled with [...]
Don’t Let Life Pull You Apart
This summer, my wife Hannah and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary. Fifteen years has taught me something important: you can love someone deeply and still slowly drift apart. It rarely happens all at once. [...]
