🎄IS A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVEN POSSIBLE?

🎄IS A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVEN POSSIBLE?

The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. When things are going well—the bills are paid, the job’s secure, the kids are healthy, our teams are winning—then we cannot wait for the holidays. But when things are not well—when someone we love is...
When all else fails…..

When all else fails…..

Why is life so confusing?  If God really does love me, and if He really does have a plan for my life, to prosper and not harm me, then why doesn’t He just tell me what to do?  Why do so many good people wind up shipwrecked when they seemed to do everything right?...
The Key to Better Relationships

The Key to Better Relationships

Relationships are Like Tennis A young couple met their freshman year of college and soon became great friends. Both were full-time students and had part-time jobs, but very little discretionary income for things like dating.   They were both good tennis...
Thoughts on being a Grandparent

Thoughts on being a Grandparent

I offer these thoughts as I experience the joys and pitfalls of being a grandparent. This is also my perspective having been in the ministry of biblical, marriage, and family counseling for over twenty years. It has been said that smart people learn from their...
God’s Pop Quizzes

God’s Pop Quizzes

Many of us probably have a few less than pleasant memories of our elementary school teachers telling us to “take everything off of our desks and to take out a No. 2 pencil.” The dreaded “pop quiz” which always seemed to come at the most inopportune time.  As adults we...