“Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” Colossians 3:21 (ESV) Brian, 45, is sitting in Sunday service trying to keep it together. He wants to worship. He wants his family to have one good hour in the…
The Hallway Coach
Stay In It!
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV) Craig, 48, had a mental picture of how this season would unfold. His son Ethan would finish his degree, find some direction, start…
Submit to One Another
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Ephesians 5:25 (ESV) Derek, 41, is a guy who tends to win. He’s good at it. At work, in conversation, in the low-grade ongoing negotiations…
When God Tugs.
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21 (ESV) Marcus, 43, has had a full day. He’s talking about the kind of day where you eat lunch at your desk, skip the afternoon coffee because…
Are You Bringing Your First Fruits?
“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.” Proverbs 3:9-10 (ESV) Five weeks. One long, honest look in…
You Don’t Get to Measure Your Own Fruit
GROW DEEP. LIVE FULL. Hey family. If you made it through this week honestly, you probably landed somewhere uncomfortable. You saw Derek’s lunch and recognized a meeting you’ve been in. You watched Marcus in the front seat and thought of…
Generational Coaching
COACH. NOT COP. There is a moment in parenting a teenager when everything you thought you believed about discipline gets tested. Not by a small infraction. By a real lie. A deliberate one. The kind where your kid looked you…
A Gospel Nobody Asked to Hear
JUST BE A FRIEND Most of us can point to the moment our faith became real. The encounter, the service, the small group, the conversation in a dorm room at 2am, whatever it was, something shifted. And in the days…
Using the Bible as a Hammer
USING THE BIBLE AS A HAMMER There is a particularly dangerous version of the accidental Pharisee that shows up inside Christian marriages. He loves his wife. He is serious about God’s Word. He has done the reading, attended the conferences,…
Revisiting Cop vs. Coach (Tone and Posture)
THE 2:30AM CALL There is a moment every father secretly hopes for and never talks about. It’s 2:30 in the morning. Your kid is somewhere they probably shouldn’t be. Things have gone sideways. And instead of figuring out how to…