Hi ~I’ve been to family court or probate court a few times with friends, but I’ve been to criminal court only once.It was with a family in 2012, and an abuser was being charged with abuse. He had held his family on a veritable concentration camp for...

Hi ~I’ve been to family court or probate court a few times with friends, but I’ve been to criminal court only once.It was with a family in 2012, and an abuser was being charged with abuse. He had held his family on a veritable concentration camp for...

Hi ~The free training I did yesterday about writing your bucket-list book was a beautiful event, and I enjoyed staying afterward to answer as many questions as I could.I spent time covering how to gain the confidence you need in preparation for craft...

Hi ~Twenty years ago, evangelical guru John Piper wrote a book called Don’t Waste Your Life.I never read that book (and perhaps we can talk about John Piper another time), but I loved that title.I was in my mid-40s, and I didn’t want to waste my life...

Hello ~I think this might be a case of better late than never.I created a Google doc based on our Zoom Live discussion from last month. It's the first draft of a study guide to be offered for free on my Here's the Joy website.You can see it and comme...

Hi ~Have you ever heard a preacher preach a passage about the Old Testament Israelites, who were not converted, in all their wickedness, their wanton sexual activity, worshiping images and nose-thumbing at God . . . . . . and then apply that passage...

I'm excited to let you know that my most recent interview, with Natalie Hoffman of the Flying Free podcast, is live!In this interview, Natalie and I talk about Untwisting Scriptures #5: Brokenness and Suffering. Natalie and I go way back to 2017--I t...

Hi ~One thing that bothered me way before my Untwisting Scriptures work began was the notion that we can’t be perfect.Ha, ha, I betcha I got you there.You see, I didn’t just dismiss this statement of Jesus: “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perf...

Hi ~In case the quote in the subject line is unfamiliar, it’s from John 3:30, and it’s told to us about how small we should be. Jesus is big. We are small. It’s true, isn’t it?Growing as a believer means less of me, more of Him. Right?And it means we...

Hi ~In case you’re in a big hurry, the short answer to the question in the subject line is “yes.”Yes, there is.Maybe that answer came as a surprise to you (since I talk a lot about NOT striving), but if you study the life of the apostle Paul, you’ll...