The marketing world knows that they can get our attention anytime they tell us that the product is "new," or "improved," or "better." We will jump at the toothpaste that is "dual action." Who would settle for...

We all live on promises. If we are married it is the promise of our spouse that they'll be there in sickness and in health until death parts us. If we are approaching retirement we are banking on (pun intended) the promise of social security. We...

Every parent works toward and desires their kids to mature. They work toward their physical maturation going from being able to clean up their room to being able to get their own job. They desire their kids' emotional maturation going from...

We are called, as followers of Jesus, to enter into a process of transformation whereby we become to ever increasing degrees, like the one we follow. Sanctification, as it is called, is the work of God in our lives as the Holy Spirit moves to make us...

We all long for and desire a mediator; someone to stand in the gap for us in the area we have need. It starts when we are young and need our parents to be our representative for us to the world. It includes looking for someone to ask the girl we like...

In this life we never truly "arrive." What I mean by that is we never get to the place where we've made it and everything works, life just clicks and all our dreams have come true. It just doesn't happen. You can become a parent...

We are what we repeatedly do. If we get angry routinely. We are angry. If we are joyful regularly we are joyful. If we gossip normally. We are a gossip. Try as we might to make excuses for ourselves if the habit is negative, or draw attention to...

Where do you want to go on your summer vacation? Some will answer Disney World, while others say some exotic beach and still others a mountain retreat. Regardless of which dream vacation you would choose, God's Word says that he has prepared for...

We all believe a story. And that story has set the trajectory of our life. Some of us were told the story that we are worthless, stupid, and unloved. Others of us were told that we have value, we can do it and we are loved. Depending on the story we...

The main job for parents of boys, James Dobson once wrote, "Is to keep them alive, long enough to reach adulthood." As a father to three boys I have taken this to heart and tried to keep them from the harm they naturally get themselves into...