For better or worse –
Make that better AND worse, because it happens simultaneously.
Read more“Grandma, we’re going on a bike ride.” The porch door slams as Dash, the cat my husband rescued five years ago, scurries into hiding. From the kitchen the aroma of biscuits, cooked apples, and sausage
Read moreThe ‘more’ of God we desire is in the ‘least’ of these we serve. I know this to be true because I saw a bumper sticker at a garage sale that read, “God is other
Read more“Born Again.” It’s one of those Christian phrases we hear but what does it mean?
Read moreI have this image from a favorite childhood book. It was an adventure novel of two men, braving the wilderness and struggling to survive against daunting odds. It was the type of rough-hewn, straight-talking, no-holds-barred
Read moreOne Saturday morning, I headed to my hometown of Spartanburg to visit family. While in town, I also met Jayne, a woman who had advertised free liriope in Craig’s List. (I love me some free
Read moreParenting isn’t only for parents; it’s for the kids. I’m the oldest of three boys. The next arrived nine years later, and the third two years later. As the oldest, I learned from the starts
Read moreJoint-heirs with Christ By: Josh Clevenger And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Romans 8:17 NKJV Sometimes
Read moreWait. And wait again. We were so discouraged. Why did our prayers keep going unanswered? Three years earlier at a conference, my wife Tracey and I believed the Lord wanted us to go home, sell
Read moreThis is a tale of two very different sisters. One I’ll call Carolyn. The other I’ll call Sandy. Several years ago while their mother still lived, Sandy often flew from her home in Texas to
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