Conversational Intimacy

…the learning for me is that our relationships need to be intentional, our words, actions and behavior toward the other person should be motivated out of a brotherly love for the eternal well-being of the other.

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Inviting God Into the House Move Process

But the one critical element to this process has been God. We’ve been praying for 3 years about where we should live. We’ve been separated from our church by 40 miles since getting married which made it difficult to be actively involved there. Our prayer was that we’d be closer to church and manage a shorter commute to work at the same time. He accomplished both!

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Buying a House On Your Anniversary

We interrupt this blog for an important announcement: Lisa and I are moving. We’ve been on a whirlwind adventure since our last post in mid January.

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Permeated with Oneness

What stood out was that first sentence about husbands loving their own wives as their own bodies. I’ve always thought that the writer of Ephesians (Paul) wrote a strange sentence. What did that mean, love my wife as I love my own body? The help for understanding is found in the verse from our wedding about “oneness”.

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Our Futon is not that Cozy

…I have experienced the awkwardness of my scooter running out of juice in the middle of the aisle at Costco. And then the looks of pity from passers-by.

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What Was Important to Steve Jobs at the End of Life

Referring to Jesus: Being who he was created a movement in the world that is irrepressible. It was not his writing. He did not write. It was his Person, his spoken words, and his actions. His presence in the world was inescapable and unendingly powerful. That’s the first key to his impact on history.

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Lessons from biopsies to broken bones

While we were dating, I ended up needing a biopsy. I was scared, but not having dated all that long I had no idea how Brent would react. I was amazed at his response.

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Book Review: Beautiful Outlaw, by John Eldredge

“Man finds it hard to get what he wants because he does not want the best. God finds it hard to give because he would give us the best, and man will not take it.” – George MacDonald

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Politics, Religion and Social Media

I believe most people who post on politics and religion want assurance that others think the same thing they do. They are not interested in changing their minds about these topics. Nor are they interested in or appreciate others’ opinions, especially if they contradict their own. Offering an opposite opinion doesn’t provide the positive strokes that the poster is looking for.

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“Imagine God’s breathing into the secret caves of our souls”

One of my favorite things is to pick up a book that spoke to me in the past and re-read sections again. Often whatever it was that made me highlight the phrases the first time, has a way of speaking to me in new ways that are relevant now. Does that ever happen to you?

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