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I’ve learned that a big part of changing culture is changing the language.  Before Starbucks came on the scene in the 90’s coffee was basically, well ... just coffee.  People liked it and ordered it often, but it was pretty simple, and really cheap.  You could get a coffee black, or a coffee with cr...

If you’ve been searching for purpose and direction for your life, know this: you’re not alone.  Discovering the reason for the season can illuminate the wonderful mystery of life for you.

The popular tradition of putting up a Christmas tree was first initiated many, many years ago.  Back in the Mid...

It is literally impossible to put God in a box of any kind.  God will not be limited to or reduced by our fragile and odd beliefs.  That being said though, you can completely limit and diminish God’s saving, helping, miracle-working effectiveness in your life.  Jesus’ relatives and neighbors from...

Have you ever gone through a death experience?  Someone you love passed away suddenly, or over a prolonged, agonizing season of time?  Either way, it felt, and maybe still feels like the sorrow you’ve experienced is an endless, dark valley.  You might have had a career altering episode where years o...

 Each year, dedicated fans of horror shows spend upwards of a billion dollars to open up their minds, hearts, and living rooms to zombies, serial killers, demons, and blood-soaked gore.  The question is: Why?  What is it that draws people, even skittish, anxiety-ridden regular folks, into this form ...

 You’ve probably experienced the phenomenon of ‘selective outrage’ many times, and to varying degrees of impact.  Imagine you’re a guest for dinner at the invitation of a couple, and as the meal is being served, the husband begins to overreact to the dry roast.  He apologizes to you as he verbally j...

 This weekend, please engage in the vitally important conclusion of Breaking Enemy Lines: Wolves.  It’s a unique Bible Truth I’ve never ministered before, but critical to your life. 

One of the most dangerous mistakes you can make is not recognizing a wolf.  If your intel is soft and you’re not ale...

It's amazing how many people love God. Just watch any award show for music or acting.  Without fail, it seems someone thanks God for success, which He’d label as immoral.  Ultimately, it’s an incrimination of our deluded version of love as a society.  One after another, rock stars and movie stars th...

It's such a simple thing to do; water your plants.  Just fill up your little watering can or grab the hose, and however you do it, water those thirsty little flowers and plants. 

Pam wanted a planter box hanging off our back deck to put summer flowers in.  So our friend Troy made this cedar, dua...

The hate-trap is easier than you realize to fall into. I know many adults who have been deeply wounded in their formative years and now twenty, thirty, and even forty years later they’re so engrained with hate that it seems natural - almost part of their character. What does it look like? When someo...