Embracing A True Identity When we have a faulty view of our identity, it breeds anxiety, depression, sin, and hiding. These disguise themselves as our friends while we struggle to stay afloat. And the cycle of sin, remorse, shame, depression, more sin, more darkness is wearying. Take heart. God’s desire for us isn’t that we’d stay stuck and without hope. Freedom doesn’t have to be a dream. The...
3 Steps to Help Wallop Sin
What ongoing sin besets you? Imagine what your life could be like without it, then follow these three essential steps toward the freedom you seek.
Out from the Bunker
When something bad happens to other people, I’ve noticed an internal knee-jerk reaction: I try to assure myself that what’s happening to them can’t happen to me. He’s older and eats worse than I do. My marriage is stronger than that. My kids know not to talk to strangers. There aren’t volcanoes/sharks/warlords/super villains in my neighborhood. Whatever the thought (and notice, some may in fact...
A Princess and “The Talk”
For any parent, having the "sex talk" with their kids is notoriously uncomfortable. In our home, we don't.
Walking
More than ever, we're being asked where we stand regarding sex and sexuality. Here's my brief reply.
Vagabond
If you’ve seen an alleyway lined with blankets and cardboard boxes or an underpass flickering with the light of empty oil drum fires, you’ve had a glimpse of a vagabond fellowship. It’s a place where the beat down and broken find an accepting community, but one where they remain broken.