I think this may be the first Good Friday in my life that I’ve ever been in the right frame of mind concerning the cross, and I think it...

Todd snores when he sleeps sometimes…and talks…and beeps (don’t even ask me what that’s about)…and hums (entire bars of his favorite...

When our Hopie girl went to kids’ camp for the first time, I gave her a fistful of spending money to last her the week.   Eyes wide,...

When my kids were small and I was feeling sad, they knew it. Unable to comprehend what I was going through because they were just kids...

Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking at the State Evangelism Conference for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma in the...

When Hope was small, her favorite phrase was “in my little world.” We heard it mostly when she didn’t get her way or when punishment for...

Yesterday, I ran into a friend that I haven’t seen in a very long time, a lost friend whose salvation I have prayed for with a deep ache...

If you are reading this post, please know that the gift of Jesus Christ that I and so many others are celebrating this Christmas is just...

I love fall. The clean-window effect of the chilling, changing atmosphere; the quick sting and tickle of match smoke; the heady, drowsy...

Well, I’ve made my Christmas list. It’s what we do at our house, not because we are greedy and want to make sure we get things we like,...

Do you ever get tired? Not physically tired… not even emotionally tired, really, but just flat out tired deep down in your soul? I do. As...

I’m about to get brutally candid here. Ready? I’m not sure that I am, but here it goes, for whatever it’s worth. I was saved when I was...

Back in the day, when Todd was a youth minister on church staff, we had the privilege of working with a young man named Rusty.  An...

As I pray this morning, it occurs to me that much of what I ask for, peace, courage, direction, discernment, etc. already belong to me....

One of the things that I loved most about the many years that Todd and I spent in youth ministry was the enthusiasm and passion of the...

Credit cards can be good, and credit cards can be bad.  It depends on how you use them. If you use credit cards to pay for necessary...

These days, a piece of paper that says you have achieved something is often more sought after than actual knowledge and achievement. Just...

Todd and I are leading a parenting conference this weekend.  During the conference, Todd will take the men into the gym for a...

I haven’t watched the ISIS beheading videos, and I don’t intend to. I don’t need to be reminded to be afraid. I do read articles about...

It’s a scary thing to realize that your child has been bitten by the entitlement bug. Just when you think you’ve made it through the...