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Fixated on Love vs. The Gavel of Condemnation  On July 9th Dennis Rainey, President and CEO of FamilyLife, sent this all-staff email: We received this letter last week from a local (Little Rock) listener to FLT (FamilyLife Today). As I read these words, I was...

Signs of A Pastor: Losing His Way—Part 4 of 4 This is the last of four newsletters consisting of several insights from a book Robyn and I read called, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry, written by Paul David Tripp.  This is a...

Signs of A Pastor Losing His Way—Part 3 The past two months our newsletters were the first of several that will share some insight from a book Robyn and I read called, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry, written by Paul David...

Signs of A Pastor Losing His Way—Part 2 Last month’s newsletter was the first of several that will share some insight from a book Robyn and I read called, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry, written by Paul David Tripp. This is a...

Signs of A Pastor Losing His Way Robyn and I enjoy reading books together.  We have learned much about marriage, parenting, and each other from this practice.  We typically read out loud one chapter one morning per week.  Reading out loud gives us an opportunity to...

Christ Has Risen! “The women who had lingered at the cross came early to the tomb, bringing spices that they might anoint His body.  They thought He was dead.  In fact, they wondered how they would move the huge stone that blocked the entrance to the tomb (Mark...

Parental Thermostats For a couple of days in January we thought our furnace or thermostat was not working properly. That led into a conversation regarding keeping the temperature of our family. That conversation was helpful for us and we thought the concept could...

Happy New Year! As a family we have never been much for New Year resolutions. It’s not that we are against them or anything, but they don’t ever seem to get the job done, if you know what I mean. However, we try to be as intentional as we can by looking ahead to a new...

Is Ebola What We Should Fear? Ebola is the top of every paper and news cast these days.  The tragedy unfolding in West Africa is alarming and that part of the world needs assistance and constant prayer.  Yet, it is another reminder that we live in a fallen world,...

Back to School Edition Everyone in our house returns to school again.  Brooklyn, a freshmen, will be studying at home, as well as returning to the Christian Education Consortium (CEC) for Algebra, English Lit, Biology, and Spanish this year. She has really enjoyed...