Exodus 2 – Feeling Like You Don’t Belong
Sometime you can just tell when something’s not right. You can just tell when you don’t belong where you are. Whether it’s a discontent or a…
September 20, 2017 · 2 min read
Exodus 1 – No Such Thing As A Small Part to Play
Ever feel insignificant? Ever feel like you’re just a common, everyday person with no chance of making a major impact on the world? In the book of…
September 20, 2017 · 2 min read
This is Not What I Expected
Expectations. We all have expectations before we get married. We have expectations about what marriage will be like. We have expectations about how…
September 7, 2017 · 5 min read
Genesis 50 – A Happy Ending to a Long Journey
Genesis chapter 50 is the close of a long journey for Joseph and his brothers. By the time Joseph’s brothers find him in Egypt, they have come a long…
September 7, 2017 · 2 min read
Genesis 48-49 – He knows us
In Genesis chapters 48-49, Jacob is nearing the end of his life and he gives a series of blessings/predictions about each of his children. Though…
September 1, 2017 · 2 min read
What A Two-Year Old Taught Me About Listening
I’ve been spending a lot of time with my two-year old granddaughter, and boy does this little girl loves to talk! She starts when she wakes up and…
August 31, 2017 · 5 min read
Genesis 47 – Moving to Goshen
In Genesis chapter 47, Jacob and his family move to the land of Goshen. It shows the distinction given to Jacob and his family. While all around them…
August 23, 2017 · 2 min read
Genesis 46 – The Power of Three Words
In Genesis chapter 46, the story of Joseph and his brothers starts moving toward a happy ending. Joseph, the second most powerful man in Egypt, has…
August 23, 2017 · 2 min read
Genesis 45 – The Long and Winding Road
In Genesis chapter 45, we come to the end of a long and winding road. After all the years Joseph spent in slavery and in prison…after all those years…
August 15, 2017 · 2 min read
It’s Not How I Pictured it.
Many years ago, I was in Paris as part of a mission trip. While there, we had some free time and a group of us went to the Louvre. The Louvre houses…
August 3, 2017 · 5 min read
Genesis 43-44 – A Change of Heart
In Genesis chapters 43-44, Joseph’s brothers still don’t recognize him, and Joseph continues to test them to see if they have changed. His brothers…
July 26, 2017 · 2 min read
When You’re Not Getting What You Want in Marriage
As a pastoral counselor, I’m expected to draw on Scripture and good clinical practices in order to help couples improve their marriage. But the truth…
July 23, 2017 · 4 min read
Genesis 42 – Busted!
In Genesis chapter 42, There’s a great famine throughout the land. Joseph had wisely stored up food for just such a time, and Pharaoh puts him in…
July 18, 2017 · 2 min read
Genesis 41 – A Surprise Ending
Up to this point, Joseph has been wrongly treated and often forgotten. But by the end of Genesis chapter 41, there’s a surprise ending. Pharaoh frees…
July 18, 2017 · 2 min read
Encourage!
In my last post, Why So Serious, I talked about taking part in a funeral for a lady in our church. She had lived to be ninety-three and was married…
July 15, 2017 · 4 min read
Why So Serious?
I recently took part in a funeral for a lady in our church who died at the age of ninety-three. Living to the age of ninety-three is remarkable in…
July 5, 2017 · 4 min read
Selective Memory in Marriage
Wife: “Don’t forget we’re going to my parents this weekend to help them with that project.” Husband: “What project?” Wife: “Remember, they’re redoing…
June 29, 2017 · 4 min read
Genesis 40 – Look Beyond the Difficulty
It frustrates me when I see good and godly people try to do the right thing and suffer unfairly and unjustly for it. It’s hard to watch this happen…
June 27, 2017 · 2 min read
Genesis 39 – Life’s Ups and Downs
Everyone experiences ups and downs in life. You can’t avoid it. The key is staying consistent despite the ups and downs. Joseph is one of two people…
June 27, 2017 · 2 min read
Is Your Marriage Boring or Confidently Comfortable?
My wife and I recently returned home from a five day trip to Washington D.C. Actually, if you include a day to drive there and a day to drive back…
June 16, 2017 · 4 min read
How Did You Get Here?
I woke up in a different bedroom beside a young female I wasn’t use to waking up with. As I looked at her all tangled up in the covers, I asked…
June 1, 2017 · 5 min read
Glory Days
Glory days are defined as “times in the past that are regarded as being better than the present.” Glory days can be that winning pass of the high…
May 22, 2017 · 4 min read
Genesis 38 – Obligations
In Genesis chapter 38, Judah’s oldest son (Er) marries a girl named Tamar. But Er is considered by God to be wicked, and he dies before he and Tamar…
May 10, 2017 · 2 min read
Bull Riding and Marriage
I often tell people that marriage can be like a bull ride. Here’s what I mean by that… In the beginning, when the bull rider gets on the bull, they…
May 5, 2017 · 4 min read