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Itʼs been 50 years since Fred Rogers first appeared on TV screens, a gentle and avuncular man who warbled “Wonʼt You Be My Neighbor?” as he changed into a cardigan and sneakers. The low-key, low-tech Mister Rogersʼ Neighborhood presented Rogers as one adult in a busy world who always had time to listen to kids. That legacy burns for many in these turbulent times. An ordained Presbyterian minister,...

It’s easier to keep track of something than to catch up with it. That’s especially true of our money. If our money could talk, it would say, “I’m easy to track but lose track of me and you will lose your peace of mind.”

Are you mastering your money or being mastered by it? Maybe it’s time to flip the script. Instead of striving to have enough money to satisfy a me-first appetite, Jesus encouraged his listeners to have an others-first approach.

If our money could talk, what would it tell us? You might be shocked to find out that what our money would say is pretty close to what Jesus did say—and what we should still consider today. Does our money add meaning to our lives or is it the meaning of our lives?

Why do you do good? Sometimes we do good just to make ourselves look good or to impress somebody. Sometimes we do good out of guilt. And sometimes we do good in hope that good would come back our way. But Jesus encourages us to do good for another reason. For us to be the light and do right. Are we living our lives in such a way it causes people to ask, “Why?” Are we living a questionable life?

Today, it seems like everyone is all about dreaming big. There is an entire industry that centers on selling people a dream lifestyle built on travel, money, and image. The problem with dream culture is that it often ignores the diligence culture that makes dreams come true. Hard work works. What is holding you back?

Greed, gluttony, and lust are 3 spiders that can hold us back from God’s best because they amplify our worst. Many of us walk through life trying to satisfy our desires and cravings at every turn. What if real peace, contentment, and fulfillment came from living for someone and something greater?

Pride, envy, and anger are 3 spiders that can hold us back from God’s best. Many of us walk through life trying to clean up the cobwebs and spider webs in our lives (outside appearance/symptoms) when the answer to wholeness is found in killing the spider. It’s time to stop moving the mess and allowing the spiders to hold us back!

Time flies. One day your kids are taking their first steps, the next day it seems they are going off to high school and then college. Where does the time go, and what should you do with the time you’ve been given? While you may eventually run out of time as a parent, we’ll show you how you never run out of influence, and what to do with it.

Integrity. It’s something we all want our kids to have. But how do we help them find it in a world full of compromises? The answer might surprise you. We’ll look at one essential key to building integrity in your child and in your home that could change everything.

Statistics say that the three biggest factors in building a faith that lasts in the life of a child are the spiritual investment of a parent, the outside voices of other adults, and the opportunity for that child to find a personal mission. That’s why having a family rhythm of faith and having outside voices speaking into your family are so important. That’s why a partnership with a church is so i...

Somewhere along the line, we picked up the idea that kids are supposed to be the focus of our lives. The problem with that line of thinking is that it causes problems for everyone, including kids. Could child-centered parenting produce self-centered children?

No matter what phase your family is in, you’ve discovered one thing—though the days can feel long, the years really are short. From sleepless nights to managing screen time to an empty nest, figuring out family life isn’t easy and the truth is that every phase seems to be different. How do you thrive in the phase you are in today and be sure that you are headed in the right direction in the long-t...

Every one of us has had that feeling that we have everything in our lives “under control.” We all have a tendency to be independent and decide we don’t need any help handling life decisions or the choices we make—until it’s “out of control”. Only then are we willing to reach for help, but then it’s usually too late to avoid the consequences of our own isolation. Thankfully, God designed us with th...

The suicide rate in America is causing the average life expectancy rate to drop for the first time in 60 years. And the US Military finished 2018 with a troubling statistic: it experienced the highest number of suicides among active-duty personnel in at least 6 years. The church has to talk about this! So tomorrow, we’re answering the question, “Where does one spend eternity after suicide,” and ta...

Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs. It’s a low-grade fear. An edginess, a dread. A cold wind that won’t stop howling. It’s not so much a storm as the certainty that one is coming. Always… coming. Sunny days are just an interlude. You can’t relax. Can’t let your guard down. All peace is temporary, short-term. There’s trouble out there! So you don’t sleep well. You don’t laugh often. You don’t e...

Who can I talk to about depression? I’ve asked this. Maybe you’re asking this. Let’s talk about depression. Sound okay? No? No one starts a conversation like that, but maybe we should. Maybe the stigma only remains because we choose to keep it hush-hush. And unfortunately for too long, the church has remained silent—or even worse—thrown stones with those struggling with depression, anxiety, or tho...

Christianity has an image problem. If you’ve lived in America for very long, I doubt this surprises you. Over the past few decades, Christians have lost their influence in culture because they’ve handled it so poorly. They had power. They had dollars. But instead of using power and the dollars to reach out and love people well...

If we’re honest, for some of us the ultimate fight is just making it through the month without another disaster. For others, the ultimate fight is making it through the day without slapping someone in the face! What do we do when it seems like all of our energy is wasted because life is beating us down?

It is easy to fall in love—all you need is a pulse! But wow do you stay in love? Because it has never been easier to fall in love and get married, but it has never been harder to stay in love and stay married. The key is keeping your marriage relationship the number one priority over every other relationship—except your relationship with God.

History is full of stories about major battles that have been lost because of the tiniest mistakes, of huge business failures that were the result of the seemingly smallest miscalculation, of tragedies that were caused by a single error, of people who died because of one small misstep, of accidents that happened because of one small lapse in judgment. As it turns out, sometimes the stuff we overlo...

There are few things worse than failing to read the fine print! Why are we studying this little book? Because when we said, “Yes” to Jesus, many of us didn’t realize that within the “fine print” of faith is the reality of spiritual battles. The good news is that we are in this together.

There are few things worse than picking a fight...and losing! Why are we studying this little book? Because we all fight battles. And to be honest, sometimes we are like a smelly teenager spraying body spray on something that will never smell fresh without a brand new start. We fight the wrong battles.

For most of us, life is more like a fight than a race. Why are we studying this little book? Because we fight battles too. And to be honest, sometimes we can’t tell if these battles are from within or from without. And that makes a big difference in how you fight them! Perspective matters. We sometimes face things that appear over our heads and we wonder, what are we to do?

The average person lies four times a day. There’s one study done by the University of Massachusetts that says that 60% of people who meets a new person can’t have a 10-minute conversation without telling at least one lie. But hey, it’s just one little white lie, right? Wrong. Lying quickly erodes that trust, hurting both parties in the process. Whether it is keeping secrets or telling a little whi...