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My family recently adopted a rescue dog. After a long holdout on bringing a dog into our family, I finally relented and apprehensively told my wife we could get one. That was on Friday. The very next day we loaded up in our car to an adoption event in Littleton. I said firmly, in my dad voice that we were not getting a dog that day…
Continue reading “Lord and Friend”
The newlywed game. Fun. Exciting. Full of adventure. Something new around every turn. These are a few of the ways people describe this time of life—being newlyweds. As a couple, who has been married for a mere 11 days, we’ll give you some incite into what it’s like to merge two lives together including the joys and the challenges we have come across thus far. Continue reading “The Newlywed Game || Guest Post”
When God spoke the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites they were at the base of Mount Sinai. They had consecrated themselves per God’s instructions. God had big plans for them when he told Moses,
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Exodus 19:5–6 (NIV)
Have you ever gotten in your car at the end of your workday with plans to stop by the grocery store on your way home but somehow ended up in your driveway instead? Sound familiar? Or maybe it was the beginning of the summer so you got up early to take the kids to the neighborhood pool but ended up taking the route to their school instead. Why is that? Continue reading “Habits – Part 1: People First”
Being married to my wife Ana has saved me from myself. Continue reading “Marriage For Keeps – A Profound Mystery”
You may wonder, “How do I build healthy relationships that last when I feel so broken? My relationships are broken because I’m broken.”
Continue reading “Dating For Keeps – Run in the Right Direction”
There have been times when I have been weary of reading to my kids the same story over and over again. I have become bored with it. For them, they are excited to hear it again for the one hundredth time. They want to see the same movie again and again. My youngest daughter still gets a little scared when she watches Beauty and the Beast. Continue reading “Kids for Keeps -Stories Over Time”
I meet with a group of fellow ministers once a week. None of us live in the same town so we use a video conference software to communicate. We ask each other such questions as, “Are you hungry, angry, loathsome, tired, and/or stressed?”
Continue reading “Friends For Keeps – To Keep a Friend is to be a Friend.”
We live in an increasingly fractured society. We have broken relationships with our parents, with our children, with our friends, and with our spouses. If we aren’t intentional we can find ourselves losing relationships with the ones we love the most. Continue reading “Parents For Keeps – Honor your aging parents.”