Your Children Mirror What You Model.

Your Children Mirror What You Model.

So, quick thought for parents in the middle of raising little angry houseguests (I mean…incredible gifts from God). It’s so easy to become obsessed with teaching behavior to our kids that we undervalue the role of modeling behavior for our kids. One of the areas where...
How can you trust the Bible?

How can you trust the Bible?

The Bible says some crazy things. There are miraculous events with powers and, for lack of better terms, magic that is not seen or experienced in our day-to-day lives. There are hundreds of laws. There are passages that conflict with one another. So, how can we trust...
How to start simplifying your life today

How to start simplifying your life today

If someone from 100 years ago traveled through time to today, they would probably think we should have it easy, right? After all, we have fast cars, food is convenient, medicine is advanced, and we carry tiny devices in our pockets that can access depths of...
Thoughts on how to control your emotions

Thoughts on how to control your emotions

Emotions are powerful. They lead us to making irrational decisions that can have massive consequences for ourselves or for others. Often, emotions drive our decisions. We let fear and anger guide what we do, and we often don’t even realize it. This leads to hatred and...
How the church can start talking about sex

How the church can start talking about sex

Sex is an interesting topic in Christian  communities. Many churches won’t touch the topic outside of talking about how sex should remain within marriage — that’s about as far as many will go.  Folks, people have been around for thousands and thousands of years....