Maybe it's just me, but I make myself a little crazy sometimes wondering why…. why bad things happen, why good things don't. From the...

Praying with the family can take on lots of shapes and sizes. The most important thing, of course, is simply doing it often and...

We do what has worked for us before, but in our spiritual life it seems to be a harder lesson to learn...

And that's how it happens.... The backslide, the slip, the lag, the laziness. Go back to this blog in January and you'll read about the...

Look into your own past, as near or far as you'd like as long as it's not the present, and think of something bad that happened. Before...

One can never underestimate or overstate how good it is to sit quietly with God and His word as often as possible. I'm sure many of you...

The ideal is 15-30 minutes (or more) for reading, praying, and listening in solitude with God each day. Sometimes that's not possible...

Your family (or you) may be asking “Where is God during all this trouble?” The answer is simple - He’s with you! In our minds, clouded...

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the...

Sit at home, walk along the road, lie down, get up... The idea here is "always." When you (anything) you should be instilling in your...

It doesn't have to be complicated or deeply theological. What's important is taking time as often as you can to show and tell your...

Goliath wasn't David's first fight. He knew God would get him through it because God had been there for him before. Notice God didn't...

I talk often of the importance of spending time with God each day, but I know I miss that mark often. I realized recently the biggest...

For Valentines Day, take advantage of the day's theme and talk about Love with your family. The word gets used in a variety of ways, but...

It was a late summer night outside Sturgis, SD. I was staying at a farm house, my last host family at the end of a year on the road with a youth ministry team/band. We had played a concert, gone "home" and chatted with our hosts as usual, and settled in for the night. I made a late night long distance call to a special someone. As we looked forward to living in the same state for the first time in a long while and seeing each other more often, it had become a serious conv

Being at the young end of my grade, I started driving a little later than most. I also started dating a little later than most. These...

It's hard to miss - in headlines, social media, pop culture, maybe even among your own friends, it feels like being a Christian is...

Over the years I've studied and taught quite a bit of outdoor education. One topic that was always interesting was survival skills. In...

Merry Christmas. A quick thought for both personal and family devotions. Regardless of your economic situation, it is likely this time of...

It's deer season, and while bow hunting earlier this fall I learned one of those little "this is like life with God" lessons. I know...