“Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:4 · ESV Tom, 44, comes home on a Friday. His 14-year-old Jaylen is gaming in his room. His 16-year-old Maya is on…
Call them back to the table
Both directions
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 · ESV Kevin, 47, just got off the phone with his mother’s oncologist. Her treatment isn’t responding the way they’d hoped. He walks into the kitchen where…
Words are cheap
“Love is patient and kind… it does not insist on its own way.” 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 · ESV Harold wasn’t always this man. He was the guy who fixed things. Coached Little League. Built the deck in the backyard with…
Take the opportunity to correct in love
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 · ESV Dev, 49, is proud of his son Tyler. The kid is 17, already accepted early decision,…
Don’t Take It Out on Them
“Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 · ESV Marcus, 52, and Renae have been married 31 years. They built a good life, raised kids, survived hard seasons, made it through the kind of years most couples…
Don’t take it out on them
“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’ From that hour the disciple took her into…
One word…that’s all it takes
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:6 (ESV) Hey friends/family, If you found some of the messages close to home this week, me too. I’m not writing any of this from another side. I’m in…
Before they forget!
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 (ESV) Tom drove to his father’s house with a list. Bills. A prescription. The house…
Pay Attention to the Need
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29 (ESV) Kevin watched a coworker, Jess, give…
Thanks! I didn’t know I needed that
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 (ESV) It was a Wednesday night. Craig was wrapping up work at his desk when a thought surfaced about his son Ethan, 21, who…