Jim was happily married with young kids.  One day he came into an inheritance of $600,000.  You would have thought that would have brought some security to Jim and his family, but instead, Jim had months of stress and sleepless nights.   Jim couldn’t sleep because he couldn’t figure out how he could keep the $600,000 if he and his wife divorced! This is a true story I read in a finance magazine a few years ago. Jim genuinely loved his wife and kids and was committed to them, but this desire for a “way out” would keep Jim from ever

Do you remember when you were old enough to get your driver’s license?  It was such an exciting time.  I remember getting the driver’s handbook, taking a driver’s training course, and spending three hours every week, for ten weeks with a driving instructor (I only drove for an hour, but had to be in the car while the other two students took their turns driving). Last February I took my oldest son, Brandon, to go for his G1 (I’m so thankful I didn’t have to deal with graduated licensing).  After he passed his test we got some takeout to celebrate

It will work, trust me. “What if we try it this way?” Jonathan, my second-oldest son said. “That doesn’t make any sense, I don’t see it,” I replied. “I don’t see how that works either,” Brandon (my oldest son), chimed in. “It will work.  Trust me.” Jonathan insisted. Reluctantly, we agreed.  And Jonathan was right, his plan did work! We were playing a co-operative board game at the time and were trying to figure out how we would overcome our latest obstacle and Jonathan had figured it out. As we played other board games I began to notice that Jonathan could see things that

Do you ever fear for the future of our kids?Do you ever ask yourself what you can do to help them?Over 12 weeks I’ll be sharing one thing you can do to help the kids in your life grow closer to God. May God give you strength, wisdom, and joy as you reach tomorrow’s hero! #12 of 12 Things  Be Intentional When I was at CEF’s Children’s Ministry Institute, there was a teacher there who would often ask, “How’s your Jesus muscles?” referring to your spiritual growth.   Like bodybuilders have to be intentional about building their physical muscles, we have