Bret Legg
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When my children were young, they would randomly come up to me and ask, “How much do you love me?” I would tell them something like, “I love you more than ice cream.” Then we would go back and forth answering that question; each trying to…
When I hear the word “gravity,” I think of different things. I think of an apple falling on Newton’s head. I think of the John Mayer song, “Gravity.” I think of giant pieces of space junk falling from the sky and wiping out my house…and my…
When it comes to trust, we all tend to favor one of three choices: We trust in ourselves, we trust in others or we trust in God. In Genesis chapter 16, Sarah didn’t trust God to provide a child. Instead, she trusted her own efforts and…
Have you ever felt you needed to speak up about something, but you didn’t for fear that others wouldn’t receive it well? Maybe you were afraid your spouse would be angry. Maybe you were afraid your boss would turn on you. Maybe you were…
What parent hasn’t had the experience of telling their child it was time to go, only to find them dragging their feet and trying to negotiate the departure. In Genesis chapter 19, Abraham’s nephew (Lot) is living in the wicked city of…
When we’re young, we’re taught the basics… Say “please” and “thank you.” Sit up straight at the table. Be kind to others. Don’t lie. As we get older, it’s easy to let the basics slip as we get buried under ever-increasing demands. The same…
When asked, “What would you be willing to do for your spouse?” most of us are quick to profess how we would lay down our life for our spouse. We would step in front of a gunman’s bullet. We would shield them from the blast of a terrorist’s…
Would you join a club that required you to have surgery on an extremely private and intimate part of your body? Probably not. Yet this is exactly what God required of Abram in Genesis chapter 17. God comes to Abram when he is ninety-nine…
At the beginning of every year, we look at things we can do to make the new year better. But when it comes to marriage, what you do now will not only effect the new year, but generations to come. There’s a story about a young wife who…
Ever have a problem you felt God was not handling, or at least not handling quickly enough? When this happens, we often try to do something logical or reasonable to help the situation along. This is what Sarai tried to do in Genesis…
In the Star Wars movie “The Empire Strikes Back,” the Jedi master Yoda raises Luke Skywalker’s ship out of the Dagobah swamp using nothing but the force. Stunned by the feat, Luke exclaims, “I don’t believe it!” To which Yoda responds,…
It’s Christmas morning 2016, and I’m up early. Not because there are children clambering to open presents, but because I received the gift of a sinus infection and my head couldn’t take being horizontal any longer. Actually, the days of…
In my last Normal Marriage post, I talked about the fishy smell that occurs in marriage when you run away from something you know you need to do. In that post, we talked about how to avoid that fishy smell. But what if you didn’t get the…
Even if you’re not particularly religious, you’re probably familiar with the biblical story of Jonah. Jonah was a guy who didn’t want to do what God wanted him to do. God wanted Jonah to go to the Ninevites (the ruthless and bloody enemy…
I didn’t like group projects in school, because one person would do most of the work while those who did little took the credit. When a group of people work on something it’s hard to give credit where credit is due. In Genesis chapter 14,…
One holiday season, my family and I passed a man collecting donations for a charity. He was using an up-turned tambourine to collect the money, so I gave my preschooler a handful of change and told her to put it in. Before I could stop…
Have you ever wished you could change your marriage? Maybe you were at odds with your spouse or maybe your marriage had just become mundane and predictable. Whatever it was, you didn’t like the way things were and you wished you could…
I was the kid who was always the last one to be picked when choosing up sides for basketball, baseball or any sport. I didn’t know much about sports and was not very athletic. I was more of a detriment to a team than an asset. So I was…
Ok, confession time. When I was a teenager, I got stuck parking. I’m not talking about parking your car in a parking spot at Walmart. I’m talking about getting stuck on some deserted back road because I wanted to “spend some time” with a…
The other day I watched my granddaughter building a tower out of blocks. As the tower grew higher, so did her pride. But the tower would eventually come crashing down, either because her pride would cause her to exceed her limits or her…
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Elie Weisel from his Nobel prize acceptance speech in 1986.
“If I could just start fresh, things would be different!” We think a fresh start will change things, so we change houses, jobs, locations and even spouses trying to get that fresh start. But we don’t need a fresh start that changes where…
If you’ve ever been disappointed, you know how easy it is for disappointment to derail you. I see this with my grandchildren. They always have a list of things they want: “I want to go outside and play.” “I want to go out to eat pizza.” “I…
Each evening, I watch the national news on one of the 3 major networks. The pattern for the news broadcast is the same each night. Most of the broadcast is filled with dark and ominous news until you get to the last story. The last story…