Jesus networking strategy

Doug passed a quote along to me the other day. I liked it so much, I wrote it down and put it next to my computer. “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” James D. Miles Of course, I think of Jesus and the scene...

Tell me why you love me again?

Right before Val and I were married, we made up a game called, “Tell me why you love me again?” Telling people why you love them is always a good idea; in fact the only way to mess up this game is to have nothing to say. Stumbled onto a really good episode of “tell me...

What are you looking at?

I once wrote an exegetical paper on this verse. Gal. 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I worked for weeks with the Greek language parsing out the author’s usage, style,...

Who’s that? What just happened?

This summer we have been watching the History channel’s “Bible” series. We stop the DVR about once every 5 minutes to explain what is happening to the kids. Questions during a movie would normally be really irritating… but it’s not with this series. The conversation...

Can I sign your yearbook?

Today is the last day of school for my kids. Remember how exciting that was. A real celebration of accomplishment, complete with autographing shirts and memory books. Can you even remember that last time you wrote Chemistry was a blast! The thing is… Chemistry was not...