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How to pray for, and with, your spouse

This June my wife and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage. One of the most important parts of our marriage has been our weekly time we have set aside to pray together. There have been weeks we haven't done this but this has been a pattern of our marriage and the...

8 Biblical Ways to Fight Sin

Culture

Sin is one of those words we attach to a religious context but not really sure if it applies to our world today in 2023. After all, nobody’s perfect! But in the last few years our culture has become fascinated with calling out wicked behavior. Our culture loves...

7 Questions Every Leader Should Ask

Leadership

When I was 24 years old, our church family asked me and my wife to lead a 2-week mission trip to Germany with 14 college students. I had shadowed a missionary in Germany the previous year. I knew the context well. I was excited about the opportunity. My wife and...

9 Biblical Anchors of Truth For Pain

Culture

On September 17th our church family taught through Matthew 1:1-17 with the reminder that Jesus' rule and authority is over all places, all people and all times. Those words are comforting words until you start to think about all the pain and hurt in life. God's Word...

Communal Prayer

Culture

This spring we had a handful of men and women meeting in groups of 2 to pray together. Every week or every other week these people would schedule a time to meet, often in person but sometimes over the phone to pray together. They didn't spend a lot time catching up on...

Lesson on Prayer

Culture

Have you ever considered moving out in the middle of nowhere? You know, you sat in traffic on the highway just one too many times? You fought with someone over a parking space at Costco? You keep paying more in taxes? Doesn't it sound nice to be in a place that is...