Gospel In Idolatrous Culture (Acts 17)

MOTIVATE Parents are often challenged to get their children to wake up in the morning… for school, during summer, and other times. But if the next morning is… an athletic game, a friend’s house, or Christmas, then getting up early is somehow easy. We are motivated by deep joy. The apostle Paul had just experienced…

Gospel Endurance (Acts 16)

MOTIVATE As any parent knows, children can come from the same family and have many physical similarities but totally different personalities. There once was a family with twin boys and the parents had difficulty telling them apart. The boys found this humorous and regularly attempted to trick their parents into who was which person. Yet,…

Guilt & Vulnerability

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.”‭‭Genesis‬ ‭50:15‬ ‭ *Burying guilt only means it grows roots.*Blaming others means postponing responsibility.*Concealing brings no healing.*Vulnerability can result in forgiveness and freedom. What…

Washington Fandom 2022

NOTE: This is a personal post and not specifically related to faith or ministry. If you do not like sports, then you can stop reading. Also, I probably should offer the disclaimer that these views are my own and not representative of my church, or any other ministry I may be associated 🙂 I have…