June 19, 2026
Until I was about 40 years old, I called God, God. That’s not all that unusual. After all, that is what most of us learned to call him. It’s the name we use when we talk about him and to him. Several years ago, however, I learned a new posture toward God. I more often, now, call him Father or Dad. I have been captivated at the informal, intimate, and relational way by which Jesus approached his Father as well as how we taught and modeled for us to do the same.
June 12, 2026
There was a question that I heard a few years ago that truly made me stop in my tracks. I had been a Christian most of my life but had never heard this question. There is a point, I think, in every follower of Jesus’s life where one is faced with a jarring reality.
June 5, 2026
Relationships modify behaviors. I noticed this several years into my marriage, in particular. I never used to read in bed before turning out the lights. I was accustomed to crawling into bed, turning out the lights, and waiting to drift to sleep. I noticed that my wife, however, would keep her light on and read for a while before sleeping. This was not my habit. However, after years...
