As you read through the story of David’s life, you’ll find these values repeated over and over in David’s life – honoring God’s anointed leader, believing God is his defender and loyalty. It should cause you to ask the same question of your own life, “What are my core values?
Is it worth it?
Religion ties my worth to my accomplishments, however, I will never measure up. Here’s how to battle the pull of religion on your heart.
Parenting 101: Begin with the End in Mind
What do you value? I have 4 talented and gifted children. Each are different, unique and quirky. Discussing them, their activities, their talents and our family schedule, I’ve found myself having the same discussion several times over the last couple of weeks during this topic of parenting. It goes something like this: Parent: My child […]
Andrew Matters
We Just Need Jesus. The other morning, while on a work/vacation trip in California, Kia and I walked down to the beach after breakfast. As we sat on the bench watching the waves, a young Asian man stumbled across our way. His name was Andrew. I say stumbled, because he literally stumbled down the stairs in our direction. […]
A quick look back
4 months and counting Recently, I was stunned when I realized this site has only been live for a little over 4 months – December 4, 2013. I’ve been busy. On top of working my “real” job, helping take care of 4 kids and assist Kia when needed, I’ve written over 50 posts since December. It […]
The downside of fame
The quest for fame is everywhere When I was much younger and began to work with the children and youth of our church (which was a big church – around 3000 people) the pastoral staff sat on stage for Sunday morning services. I’m not really sure why, but during the singing and everything until the […]
