Did you know YOU can be the answer to the race problem. Don’t think we don’t have a race problem in the US? Maybe your thoughts would change if you talked to someone different than you. Or maybe you know there is a problem, but you don’t know what to do to help. I hope… [Continue Reading]
Friends
How do you build deep friendships? T-I-M-E
Last week I was blessed to hang out with some of my favorite friends for four days. As I’ve mentioned before, every year I get together with a group of Christian novelists to plot, play and pray together. Each person gets one hour and fifteen minutes of plotting time. They share their book ideas, and… [Continue Reading]
God’s Grace and Getting Rid of Stinking Thinking
As I type this note I’m heading back from the 15th annual Plot, Play, Pray retreat that I attend every year with a group of Christian novelists that I consider some of my dearest friends. Every year at the retreat we each go around and share deeper what’s been happening in our lives throughout the… [Continue Reading]
Lead Your Family Like Jesus DVD Curriculum: Sneak Peek
If you’re going to be my friend, you need to know a few things. I remember everything. For example like the story my friend Marie told me about her first week of dating, and how she was hospitalized, and how her not-yet boyfriend took care of her while she had the flu. Stories like that… [Continue Reading]
How to Be “Involved” In Ways That Really Matter
Have you ever heard this saying by Theodore Roosevelt: “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”? Caring takes involvement. Caring takes being present. We are involved in a lot of things today, but how much time do we take to be involved with people . . . really involved?… [Continue Reading]
Friendships: How You And Your Spouse Can Find Friends Together
Does this sound familiar? WIFE: “Honey, I think we should get to know some other couples. Wouldn’t that be fun?” HUSBAND: “Maybe someone from church or the office?” WIFE: “That’s what I was thinking. Why don’t we start with Mike and Lisa?” HUSBAND: “Lisa is your friend, but Mike and I have nothing in common.”… [Continue Reading]