Two brothers from London discover how they can use their professions to make a difference among some of the poorest and most forgotten people in the world. November 29, 2020

The amazing story of the business family who funded the YouVersion Bible app and changed the way that hundreds of million of people experience God’s word. November 22, 2020

Most of the emotional stuff we cover up and refuse to deal with revolves around loss. We all struggle with expectations that went unmet, goals we failed to achieve, or dreams that were broken. How we handle our loss matters. It impacts the quality of our lives. If we bury those negative emotions alive, they … Continue reading "It’s Fine, part 3: Good Grief"

Establishing healthy habits will benefit the relationships you care most about. Others will reap from the emotional habits you sow. November 8, 2020

Many of us learned from an early age to hide what we were feeling from other people. We got the message that showing our emotions made us look weak. In time, we became so skilled at hiding what we feel, we even learned to hide our emotions from ourselves. But hiding isn’t a sign of … Continue reading "It’s Fine, part 1: Emotional Hygiene"

The Bible did not create Christianity. Christianity is the result of an event (the resurrection) that created a movement (the church) that produced sacred and reliable texts that were collected and bound into a book (the Bible). But how do we approach not being at peace with everything we read in the Bible? Paul—the apostle, … Continue reading "The Bible for Grown-ups, part 4: For The World"

The Old Testament chronicles God’s redemptive, sequential activity in history. It’s a fabulous, gritty, epic history of the Hebrew people in which, over and over, Israel is reminded that they are a divine means to an end. So, maybe instead of seeing the Old Testament as a spiritual guidebook or a storyline that needs to … Continue reading "The Bible for Grown-ups, part 3: The Old Testament"

“In the beginning. . . .” can be a loaded phrase—one that forces us into debate and doubt. But maybe we’re missing the point of Genesis 1:1—a point Moses made to a world where the violence and injustice of the gods justified and legitimized the violence and injustice of human rulers. Moses introduced a radically … Continue reading "The Bible for Grown-ups, part 2: In The Beginning"

Most of us know some Bible stories, but very few of us know the story of the Bible. And it may be surprising to discover it’s a story that doesn’t actually begin in the beginning. It begins with the accounts of a few men who sat down to record the death and resurrection of Jesus. … Continue reading "The Bible for Grown-ups, part 1: Last Things First"

When it comes to family, the only thing we all have in common is conflict. Family conflict is like no other because when you win an argument in your family, you don’t really win anything. The conflict is never fully resolved.What if there was a way to resolve family conflict by dealing with it at … Continue reading "Future Family, part 3: Common Cause"