My Joni Eareckson Tada (Joni & Friends) Podcast Interview
Hello Friends. Here is the link to my interview on Joni and Friends (Joni Eareckson Tada) about suffering and hope. I pray it is an encouragement to you and your family. Please share with someone who may be grieving, suffering chronically, or just needs to be reminded of the hope we have in Christ in […]
Sanctification: Becoming Practically Who God Has Declared You to Be
Christians are called to grow. When God saves us, He doesn’t just forgive us and leave us where we are—He starts changing us. The Bible calls that sanctification. Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:3, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” In other words, this isn’t something extra for super-Christians. This is God’s […]
How Christians Can Respond to Suffering: 4 Faithful Disciplines
Not Measuring Your Day Based on How You Feel I am sure that you have heard the phrase, “real versus feel.” It refers to how what we feel to be true often does not line up with actual reality. The argument is that we need to focus on what is real, because feelings are not […]
Parenting with Integrity: Teaching Your Children the Value of Truth
Let’s be honest—parenting often feels like living in a glass house. I like to think I’m the one doing the teaching, but my son Nathan is basically a tiny, unpaid private investigator. He is the most observant child I have ever been around. He sees everything. In a world where the truth is often treated […]
Why Weakness Is Actually a Win in God’s Kingdom
The Paradox of Power: Why Weakness is Actually a Win Let’s be honest, most of us never want to feel weak. We reflexively avoid it like the plague. We’re pretty much obsessed with staying in control, both in how we feel on the inside and the “I’ve got this” image we project to everyone else. […]
Christian Parenting When Life Is Hard: Our Family’s Journey
There are seasons in parenting that reshape everything you thought you understood. For our family, much of that reshaping has come through raising our son Chase, who has special needs. We didn’t choose this road, and it hasn’t been easy. Yet, it has been deeply formative, not just for us as parents, but for our […]
When Silence Speaks: The Power of Simply Being Present
When Words Fall Short When our son Chase was in a coma at Boston Children’s Hospital, and we thought we might lose him, our closest friends and family came swiftly to the hospital. Some made a thirty-minute commute, while others came all the way from New Jersey and Florida. As I look back on that […]
Suffering Right Now? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Leave the Church
At the risk of sounding legalistic, I encourage you in your suffering to resist the urge to run from the church. It is not that God is keeping attendance record, and it is not that going to church equals spiritual vitality. However, God has made us to function best in community with other believers. He […]
Amy & Me: A Marriage Tested by Suffering and Strengthened by Faith
Suffering Enters the Marriage, Not Just the Circumstance If you are walking through a season of hardship, you already know that suffering doesn’t stay in its own lane. It enters the marriage, not just the circumstance. When Chase’s diagnosis entered our lives, it did not just alter his future. It entered our home, affected our […]
What Chase’s Journey Has Taught Me About God’s Grace
By way of quick update, Chase is recovering remarkably well from his surgery. They already have him sitting in his chair. He is truly an incredible boy. Nothing phases him, not even major surgeries! He handles it like a trooper, even though this one is supposed to be very painful. He is far stronger than […]