Transformative Community for Boys with Absent Fathers

“You are the helper of the fatherless.” Psalm 10:14 In October, I celebrated the power of community to transform the lives of boys with absent fathers at the 25th Anniversary: Forgiveness Nashville at “The Shack” presented by The Family...

Conflict is not a bad thing

“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” James 1:19 We don’t have to look far to find conflict from our kitchens, classrooms, courtrooms, to newsrooms. Most conflict arises from personal biases. Our opinions fuel flames of anger...

Love in the Hands and Feet of First Responders

“ ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ ” Matthew 25:44-45 From...

Loneliness

“Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 Have you been in a place outside of your regular morning routine when you heard sad news about a family member’s death or friend’s medical diagnosis? On the morning of my grandfather’s death, I was...

The Invisible Woman

“Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.  She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.” (Lk 8:38,39) This year is the first year in the last 7...