You’ve said you put off writing this book for years. Why is that? In truth, I was embarrassed. It was just so much easier to let people think I’d always been a Christian, that I’d always been faithful to God’s plans for me, that I’d …
Dad’s disgust showed on his face before his words even emerged. “I can’t believe you smell of cigarettes again.” “Really? You can still smell it?” Justin lifts his shirt to his nose to sniff it. “Yeah, me and probably half the folks in church tonight.” …
The house behind us long sat empty as a FSBO. I called the owner a few weeks ago before trimming back some overgrown shrubs on his side of the four-foot tall picket fence that runs the length of our mutual property line. The overgrowth had …
Ever since Adam and Eve, God has been writing earth’s most passionate and powerful drama, a narrative from ancient past to triumphant future, a tale of redemption and hope. Most amazing of all, God is writing you and me into His story. Consider this—has anyone …
”…never the less not as I will, but as You will.” [Matthew 26:39] Recently I was asked, “What has it cost you to grow as a Christian”? I thought for a few moments, taking a quick trip back down the highway of life, remembering a …
“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.” {Romans 15:1] It was one of those moments that you wish could last forever—evening was closing in as dusk dimmed the light of day. I stood in …
The independent Christian film industry has been receiving a big boost since the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) began in 2004. Combined with the Christian Filmmakers Academy that is conducted for three days before the film festival, SAICFF has grown to be the …
When we were 23 and 24 years old we read a very influential book, “Open Heart, Open Home” by Karen Mains. It basically challenges the idea that your home is your fortress or your showplace. She wrote it after the kid next door from a …
[NOTE: Often when we hear “mentoring,” we only think of the one-on-one kind. However, it struck me recently that I had been mentored by many women who never knew my name. I heard them speak or read their books and through their words, they mentored …
When was the last time you stopped and looked around on a busy city street? Have you noticed that the majority of people are looking down at a device in their hand? This rapid acceleration and dissemination of mobile media technology is fundamentally altering how …
