To be filled up. That is what we all seek in life. We need our emotional tank filled up. Our physical tank filled up with touches and affection. We also need our spiritual tank filled up. When we get married, without meaning to, we can look to our spouse to fill up our tank. At…
Some people can’t believe God could ever love them because of their past. They’ve been too bad for God to accept or use. They’ve obviously never looked at the lineage of Jesus. In Jesus’ human closet are ancestors who were liars, prostitutes, adulterers, murderers and people who sinned in just about every way imaginable. And…
Many people have ancestors they’d rather not talk about. They have a member on the family tree that embarrassed or caused shame on the next generation. This is the fascinating thing about Jesus. He is the only person in history who could choose his lineage. And when you look at some of the people he…
I’m in the middle of writing a book about loneliness. It doesn’t drop until next year, but I can give you a sneak peak. Chapter 1: God wired us for connection Chapter 2: We’ve gotten a little sidetracked in our understanding of what connection really is. Chapter 3: A bunch of us are really, really…
Do you have the courage to forgive the person who hurt you the most? Of all the words written in my new book Forgiving Others, Forgiving Me–those are the words that still haunt the most. It’s taken me over a decade to be able to share my story publicly. I, along with David (see Psalm…
