Today my youngest son, Alex, turns nine. Although I can’t be with him on his birthday, I want him to know how deeply he is loved, how proud I am of him, and how many memories of our years together I still carry with me.
Fear can keep us trapped in endless “what ifs” about health, finances, relationships, our children and the future. Scripture reminds us that God has not given us a spirit of fear. We can live wisely without allowing fear to control our lives.
Everyone gets angry, but we don’t all express it the same way. Gary Chapman’s Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion helps us recognize how we handle anger and learn to respond righteously instead of allowing anger to control us.
We often want justice, vindication, or the chance to prove we were right. But what if what we really need is truth? Jesus said the truth will set us free—and sometimes freedom begins when we’re willing to face the whole truth, even when it is uncomfortable.
We cannot go backward and recover the days we have lost, but lost time does not have to be the end of the story. A letter to my boys about restoration, fatherhood, and trusting God with the days still ahead.
We spend a lot of time trying to understand, change, or fix other people, but healthy relationships begin when we allow God to work in us. Here are biblical lessons about grace, understanding, comparison, forgiveness, and loving imperfect people.
Closure doesn’t always come with answers, apologies, or reconciliation. Sometimes it means owning our mistakes, grieving what was lost, forgiving what we cannot change, and trusting God enough to move forward.
Galatians 6:1–10 gives practical instructions for everyday Christian living: restore others gently, bear one another’s burdens, examine yourself, take responsibility, plant good seeds, and don’t grow weary in doing good.
Running from Mercy by Anthony J. Carter changed the way I read the story of Jonah. It’s not really about a giant fish, it’s about God’s relentless mercy, His pursuit of sinners, and the uncomfortable truth that His grace extends to people we may not think deserve it.
After a year of spiritual battles, I’m beginning to recognize the enemy’s tactics. This week, when another bizarre situation unfolded, I did something unexpected: I laughed at Satan.