Practical Lessons for Intentionally Living Like Jesus
Through the annals of Christian history, it has been preserved that after the ascension of Christ the Apostle Peter would often cry. When an inquisitive observer asked why, Peter, with deep passion in his eyes, replied, “Desiderio Domini,” a Latin expression meaning, “Because I deeply long to be with my Lord.”1 Of course when Peter […]
Make the best use of the time ~ The Apostle Paul The other day I was considering how to maximize my time over the holiday season. Most of us have some kind of vacation during Christmas and the New Year and if you’re anything like me, you want to use it to the fullest! Here […]
The air was brisk as I walked a path around the park I’d spent much time at over the past four years. This evening, however, wasn’t just another routine walk. After years of full-time ministry, I was transitioning into a new season and this would be the last of what had been many mornings, afternoons, […]
Story Sometimes, you just need to start over. There was a time Neal felt like he had to start over in order to live like Jesus, so he wanted to find a similar story of how one person was able to find redemption. What he found was a love story full of ups and downs. […]
Story One day, Trudy Smith read a book. That book forever changed her view on Jesus, and drove her and her husband to live in the slums of India. But what happens when two well-off white Americans meet the hardship of the developing world? What follows are several lessons on what it really looks like […]
Stories inspire our life—but so often we listen to the wrong stories purely because of their abundance. This is troublesome, especially when it comes to our expectations on dating, love, & beauty. Because messages on love are circulating all around us in the media, it’s possible to let these messages seep into our love life […]
Love is a joy, but it’s oftentimes not treated this way. After a while, marriages can grow stale. What was once undying love and commitment can become routine and loneliness. And picking up on this possible turn with marriage, our culture sometimes warns against the institution of marriage, making more people today become serial daters. […]