My sermon this Sunday is entitled, “How Can I Keep My Marriage Hot?” I don’t want to give anything away yet, so I’ll share my thoughts here on Monday. I’d like to know though…how do you keep your marriage hot?

Click on the title to read the first chapter of Ecclesiastes. It’ll give you some context for this post. Do you ever feel like, “What’s the sense?” I mean with anything. What’s the sense? Why am I doing this? What’s the point? Does this even matter? I’ve been feeling that way for a few weeks. […]

Hundreds of millions of people around the world are watching the Super Bowl. Fans in Pennsylvania and Arizona are hanging on every play. I love football, but the Super Bowl doesn’t matter. Not really. And not just because my team, the Giants, aren’t in it this year. About a half mile from my house, two […]

Recently, I posted about avoiding thoughts that begin with the words, “What if…?” Nothing good really ever comes from that question. For example: What if I lose my job? We never follow that question with, “Well, God is good. I can trust Him, so He’ll provide another one for me, probably a better one!” No, […]

Northwest Arkansas was hit with a devastating ice storm this week. Yesterday at this time, about 90% of Fayetteville was without electricity. In 100 years, the University of Arkansas has shut down a total of 18 days. Make that 22 now…four of them coming this week. Classes and operations have been canceled since Tuesday and […]

“What if ___________?” “What if the economy gets worse?” “What if I lose my job?” “What if I can’t pay my bills?” “What if my husband/wife leaves?” “What if the biopsy is positive?” “What if I fail?” There’s an exception. If you’re a writer and trying to come up with a really interesting situation, then […]

We’re in the beginning stage of an ice storm that will get worse tonight and continue through tomorrow. I’m just hoping we don’t lose power. Our house is electric everything and I’m not looking forward to a cold, dark house. Fayetteville Schools are closed tomorrow. The email came a couple hours ago. Rob, my 13-year-old, […]

After breakfast with a friend this morning, I ran a couple errands to get ready for church on Sunday. After a stop at Office Max, I went next door to Barnes & Noble. I ordered a sugar-free cinnamon dolce decaf latte at Starbucks and then went to look around. I picked up a book, which […]

If you could ask God just one question and get a clear, even audible, answer–what would you ask? Why do you allow evil? Why did _________ have to die? When is Jesus coming back? Who do you want me to marry? What should my major be? I wouldn’t ask the “why evil?” question–mainly because I […]