When Following God Costs Relationships

When Following God Costs Relationships

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”   — Luke 14:26 The Verse That Makes Everyone Choke on Their Coffee Let’s be...
Leadership Starts at Home

Leadership Starts at Home

“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”   — Deuteronomy...
When God Asks for the Thing You Love

When God Asks for the Thing You Love

“You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have… and come, follow me.”   – Mark 10:21   There are prayers we pray confidently… and then there are moments when God answers them in ways we suddenly wish came with a “just kidding” option. You know the...
Embracing Vulnerability: Strength in Authenticity

Embracing Vulnerability: Strength in Authenticity

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” – James 5:16 (ESV) You ever feel like you’re breaking on the inside, but no one...
Presence as Support: Being a Pillar of Strength

Presence as Support: Being a Pillar of Strength

  “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17 (ESV) It was the kind of day that hits you out of nowhere. One phone call. One text. One gut punch. My friend had just lost his job, and life was unraveling at full...