There was a time early on in my marriage when Terri and I were so poor we ate grilled cheese sandwiches and canned tomato soup almost every single day for dinner. When you are a...
How Giving First Makes Everything Work
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Christian Life
Whose Adventure Are You Choosing?
As a young child, I remember being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Like any normal boy, I gave a different answer based on what I thought was cool at the time. I was...
Loving God, No Piece of Cake
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.Deuteronomy 6:4-5 This command was...
Why Giving to the Church is a Guaranteed Investment
My dad had the opportunity to invest in Buffalo Wild Wings stock early in the company’s history. At the time the stock was fairly cheap, but the return was uncertain so he only...
Why Should I Join a Small Group?
Whether a film is good or bad, one of the best parts of the whole experience is when you get to talk about it with your friends. Do you think we could be in the Matrix right now?...
What I Want For My Kids
I remember when I first sent my kids off to elementary school. They were so tiny and cute with their giant backpacks and little smiles. The things I worried about for them felt...
How Should Christians Respond to Terrorism?
It is a feeling that is becoming all to common. The sensation of your stomach dropping when you hear about a terrorist attack that has just happened somewhere around the world....
Take Out Your Trash
Do you have a kindness problem? Maybe you just need to take out the trash. I’m going to confess something… Sometimes it is work for me to be kind. Sometimes being irritable and...
Hacking Your Checklist
Have you ever made a checklist of all the things you needed to get done? Many people interested in being more productive have become list makers; every morning they get up and...
Two Steps to Learning God’s Will for Your Life
I remember when I was in college, feeling all the pressure that came with trying to declare a major and deciding what in the world I wanted to do with my life. Was Bible college...
Kid Bouncing
"But Jesus called the infants to him and said, "Don't stop the children from coming to me! Children like these are part of the kingdom of God. I can guarantee this truth: Whoever...
Living a Missional Life
There’s this guy named Paul. He’s a pretty intense guy from the Bible who lived during the 1st century. At one time he thought he was living a missional life when he threw a...