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Coping with Life
Grappling with Your Identity
  • Comparing Ourselves With Others - October 16, 2020
  • Christian Hypocrisy - May 22, 2020
  • Self-Esteem & Self-Worth (They're Not the Same) - November 30, 2019
  • Redeemed (I'm Not Who I Used to Be) - April 26, 2019
  • My Geode - May 25, 2018
  • Fear of Failing - May 11, 2018
  • Gender Identity and the Image of God - April 20, 2018
  • Being Me at the Airport - May 22, 2015
Marriage & Parenting
  • Marriage: God's Shadow of What Heaven Makes Real - September 4, 2020
  • Together Forever - May 1, 2020
  • Marriage: The Ripe Fruit of Learning to Love - June 7, 2019
  • My Declaration of Independence - November 16, 2018
  • Kid-Pain - August 3, 2018
  • A Lifetime Together - July 27, 2018
  • Kid-Wisdom - When Your Kid Becomes Your Teacher - August 12, 2016
  • Differences Stir Passion - April 29, 2016
  • Weapon-Words and Wisdom - April 22, 2016
  • Headship for Husbands (3 Do's & 3 Taboos) - April 15, 2016
Personal Stories
  • Speed Reading Isaiah (My Remedy for Dread) - January 10, 2020
  • Article Posting Schedule - June 21, 2019
  • A Friend Discovers Her True Self - November 2, 2018
  • The Lure of Dignity – A Deceptive Addiction - October 26, 2018
  • As If Asleep [Psalms 4:8] - August 10, 2018
  • My Recent Stroke - Challenges and Gifts - July 7, 2018
  • Neighboring Difficult Neighbors - Mercy, a Lawyer, and Me - March 9, 2018
  • My Thanksgiving List - The Best List I Ever Made - November 24, 2017
  • To Move Like the Fire - July 14, 2017
  • Honor Your Mother - June 30, 2017
  • Meeting Mom in Heaven - June 23, 2017
  • A Last Minute Entrance Into Paradise - May 26, 2017
  • Why Are There Still Colors in the World? - September 23, 2016
  • Looking Out My Back Door - July 4, 2014
Responding to Our Culture
  • Argument Without Animosity - October 9, 2020
  • Some Advice from a Canadian on Same-Sex Marriage - August 7, 2020
  • Penn Jillette - A Gift of a Bible - July 24, 2020
  • Oneness, Otherness, & Same-Sex Marriage - June 26, 2020
  • Cultural Psychosis: When Truth Disappears - May 31, 2019
  • Disagree Agreeably (Antonin Scalia) - May 24, 2019
  • Understanding Godly Hierarchy (If Only Adam Had Protected Eve) - May 17, 2019
  • Are You Pro-Choice or Pro-Life? (I'm Pro-Both) - January 13, 2017
  • Santa's Reindeer Had Shallow Values - January 8, 2016
Struggles & Joys
  • Fear of Scarcity: Will You Give Me Any Marbles? - September 11, 2020
  • Comfort Food (Jesus Is Better than Butter) - November 22, 2019
  • My Childhood Mantra - January 11, 2019
  • Hedonism Brings Conflict - September 7, 2018
  • Focusing on Negatives - August 31, 2018
  • The Word of God Is the Comforter - April 27, 2018
  • Being Thankful Goes Far Deeper than Saying Thank You - January 6, 2017
  • Memories & Mourning - When Our Best Is Not Enough - October 7, 2016
Exploring the Bible
God's Vocabulary
  • The Biblical Meaning of Confession - March 29, 2019
  • The Biblical Meaning of Helper - June 16, 2017
  • Honor All - What's Involved & Why - April 28, 2017
  • Can You Define Headship with One Word? (My Guy Can) - November 4, 2016
How to Study the Text
  • The Taking Your Time Method of Bible Study - January 25, 2019
  • The Best Is Yet to Come (How Proverbs Work) - January 12, 2018
  • Hiding in Plain View: The Bridal Paradigm - August 19, 2016
  • God Writes a Murder Mystery (Thinking Thematically) - August 28, 2015
Meeting God
  • Do You Dislike God? Perhaps You Might Like Jesus - July 17, 2020
  • A New Year's Quest: To Want What God Wants - January 3, 2020
  • What Marriage and Salvation Share - March 22, 2019
  • Side-By-Side: Yokes, Comfort and Choices - September 14, 2018
  • Knowing Like God Knows - August 17, 2018
  • Spiritual Inattention: When Jesus Fades out of View - July 20, 2018
  • Noticing God's Delight (Start Watching Bridegrooms) - January 5, 2018
  • Necessary Pain - October 27, 2017
  • Can I Make God Feel Lonely? Can You? - May 5, 2017
  • Two Ways to Get into Heaven (#1 Is an Illusion) - April 21, 2017
  • Unearned Gifts (A Look at Grace) - February 26, 2016
Verse by Verse
  • Psalm 23:3 – Righteousness and Reputations - July 31, 2020
  • Psalm 23:1 The Illusion of Deprivation - July 10, 2020
  • Playing Music Backwards (Romans 8:28) - July 3, 2020
  • Psalm 23- A Walk Through the Valley – Shadows, Threats, and Reality - June 19, 2020
  • Psalm 23: 1-6 - The Secret at the Center of the Psalm - June 12, 2020
  • Noticing What Nourishes Us (Philippians 4:8) - January 18, 2019
  • Not Yet -Waiting for Paradise [Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4] - April 14, 2018
  • Who's In Charge - Jesus, Pilate, and Power [1 Timothy 6:15] - March 23, 2018
  • Pursuing Rest (Matthew 11:28-30) - April 1, 2016
Helping Others
Disorders Re-Examined
  • Codependence - September 25, 2020
  • Rethinking Psychology - December 1, 2015
Jesus & the Shrinks
  • Jesus and Fromm: A Discerning Look - November 18, 2016
  • Jesus and the Ambivalent Kids (What Would Fromm Do?) - November 11, 2016
  • Jesus and Freud: How They Agree ... and How They Don't - October 28, 2016
  • Jesus and the Adulteress (But What Would Freud Do?) - October 21, 2016
Skillful Counsel
  • Musings on Idolatry - May 16, 2020
  • Have You Ever Felt Invisible? - February 22, 2019
  • The Difference Between Shame and Sorrow - February 8, 2019
  • Attunement, Awareness, and Jazz - November 9, 2018
  • Understanding Mindset - August 24, 2018
  • Sin Is a Mixture - June 22, 2018
  • Beliefs, Emotions, and Behavior - How Change Occurs - June 15, 2018
  • Mind Reading - April 6, 2018
  • Reality & You (Part 1) - Tripping over Life's Furniture - June 2, 2017
  • Discernment and Counseling - January 22, 2016
Spiritual Warfare
  • An Obvious Aroma - February 2, 2018
  • How the Fear of Death Keeps Us Slaves to Sin - October 13, 2017
  • Chillon Castle & the Prisoners of Darkness - October 6, 2017
  • Satan Keeps God at Arm's Length (Do You?) - August 18, 2017
  • The Beasts in Our Basements - June 5, 2015
Quotes & Reviews
  • Windows of the Soul (Ken Gire) - September 18, 2020
  • Regarding Henry – A Movie About Disability, Loss, and Love - May 3, 2019
  • Sitting by My Laughing Fire (Ruth Bell Graham) - February 1, 2019
  • Changing on the Inside (John White) - November 30, 2018
  • Bold Love (by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman) - November 23, 2018
  • What Brings You Deep Gladness? - October 12, 2018
  • Deep Friendship - A Rare and Precious Gift - September 21, 2018
  • Nearing Home (and Finishing Well) - by Billy Graham - January 19, 2018
  • The View from Behind the Cross (from "Immanuel" by Robert Doares) - March 24, 2017
  • On A Hill Too Far Away (John Fischer) - March 17, 2017
  • To My Grown-Up Son (a poem from Alice E. Chase) - February 24, 2017
  • The Tower of Geburah (by John White) - November 25, 2016
  • Free for the Taking (Joseph Cooke) - Learning Grace - September 16, 2016
  • The Spoon Theory - Insight into Chronic Illness - July 15, 2016
  • No Condemnation (Bruce Narramore) - October 19, 2015
  • How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig (Susan Macaulay) - May 15, 2015
Theme Studies
Advent
  • Mary Did You Know? (It's My Favorite Christmas Carol) - December 25, 2020
  • What to Call the Baby (Some of His Names May Surprise You) - December 18, 2020
  • Mary Took the Risk - December 11, 2020
  • God Honors Outcasts (Do You?) - December 27, 2019
  • Joseph's Love Took Courage - December 6, 2019
  • December’s Gone, But Advent Isn’t Over - January 4, 2019
  • The Father Said Goodbye - December 7, 2018
  • It's Jesus' Birthday - But Who Gets the Gifts? - December 8, 2017
  • Before Jesus Filled Mary's Womb - December 1, 2017
Forgiveness
  • Forgiveness: When Hope Dies - April 19, 2019
  • Forgiveness: Sending Away Hate (And Offering Love) - April 12, 2019
  • Forgiveness: Sending Away Self-Protectiveness - April 5, 2019
  • Forgiveness: Sending Away Vengeance - March 15, 2019
  • He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! - April 1, 2018
  • Good Friday Goodness: What's GOOD About Good Friday? - March 30, 2018
  • Forgiveness: Saying Thank You - March 2, 2018
  • Forgiveness: A Rather Unsettling Issue - February 9, 2018
  • What Happened on the Cross? Suffering AND Joy. - April 7, 2017
  • Love in Action: The 10 Commandments and The Cross - March 31, 2017
  • Costly Gifts - Christmas and the Cross - March 18, 2016
  • Forgiveness: Is There Any Other Way? - March 27, 2015
  • Forgiveness: What Forgiveness Is - February 27, 2015
  • Forgiveness: 3 More Myths - February 20, 2015
  • Forgiveness: Some Common Myths - February 13, 2015
Fruit from the Spirit
  • Finding Self-Control (Easier Said Than Done) - September 8, 2017
  • You Won't Find Patience in Heaven (You Won't Need Any) - September 1, 2017
  • Stopped Short by Patience (a poem by Dorothy Walker) - August 25, 2017
Visiting Eden
God Brings Life [Genesis 1:1-2:3]
  • God Stays Near When Things Are Awful - May 30, 2020
  • God Demonstrates Sabbath - March 8, 2019
  • Who Showed Up at Creation? The Entire Trinity - September 15, 2017
  • Creation and the Crisis of Emptiness - May 12, 2017
  • Confusion, Muddles, and Mixtures - Solving the Crisis of Chaos - March 10, 2017
  • Two Kinds of Boundaries (God's and Ours) - March 5, 2017
  • Facing Unpredictability - Can Change Be Good? - March 3, 2017
  • A Dark and Stormy Night: The Crisis of Darkness - February 17, 2017
  • Can Words Change Reality? Apparently So. - February 10, 2017
  • The Invisible Sculptor (He Speaks Ideas into Shapes) - February 3, 2017
  • Two Kinds of Creation (God's and Ours) - January 20, 2017
  • A Close Look at Eden (Persistent Truth That Changes Your Life) - January 20, 2017
God Gives Lavishly [Genesis 2:4-25]
  • What's in the Middle of Eden? (Not What You Think) - January 26, 2018
  • Eden Means More Than a Place on the Map - November 17, 2017
  • From Dust to Adam - Life, Breath, and the Image of God - November 10, 2017
  • When God Waits to Say Yes - November 3, 2017
  • God Plans Ahead for Eden. Does God Plan Ahead for ME? - September 29, 2017
  • Our Intimate God Has an Intimate Name - August 11, 2017
Weddings & Worship
  • The Advent of my Second Book: Weddings & Worship - January 29, 2021
  • The Bride Price (It Costs to Be God's Intimate) - August 28, 2020
  • God's Startling Analogy - October 19, 2018
  • Pleasuring God (You'll Need to Ask for Faith) - October 5, 2018
  • Is Duty a 4-Letter Word? - September 28, 2018
  • Living Unveiled - July 8, 2016
  • Wedding Veils Are Meant to Be Removed - July 1, 2016
  • God Pairs Sex and Worship - June 3, 2016
  • Introducing Weddings and Worship (They're Quite Similar) - May 27, 2016
  • Equal Faithfulness (and the Sex-without-Commitment Fallacy) - May 6, 2016

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