I don't know about you, but I didn’t always have a good relationship with God. There were times in my life when I didn’t believe in Him, and even times when I hated Him. I remember my “dark decade of the soul” in my late teens and early twenties, a span of...

In my late twenties, I worked at a small, independent film production company that made me feel dead inside. It was a soul-crushing job. My boss was a narcissistic egomaniac who had angry outbursts nearly every week and would throw staplers across the...

My family and I recently experienced a tragic event when my stepdaughter’s highschool was the target of an active shooter last week. A 16 year old boy, on his birthday, decided to open fire on the school’s campus, shooting 5 students before turning the gun...

Sometimes I sit and stare at a blank screen.  I feel the urge to write, yet the words lie dormant.  My fingers stand firm on their assigned keys like pawns on a chess board... alert, ready, waiting for the first move. The cursor blinks, waiting… waiting…...

This is a transcript from a heated, raw and brutally honest conversation I had with God quite a few years ago. I didn’t realize how angry I was (and had been since childhood) until it unexpectedly came out in this session. I didn't even know I was angry...

What does it mean to “deepen your relationship with God”? Is there a moment, perhaps after enough prayer, obedience or study, that we receive a certificate of achievement for having finally arrived at a deepened relationship with God? Of course not. Yet,...

I was at the park one sunny day recently, sitting under a tree on the grass, reading a book titled Jesus Calling. A lady walked by with her dog and I found myself instinctively lowering the book behind my knees so she couldn’t see the cover. I didn’t want...