How do you create a culture that attracts people to your church? This post explores the “secret sauce” that makes people want to return.

Responsible people are high achievers. They can move mountains. But they need to give themselves permission to rest in God’s love and acceptance.

Doors protect us from feeling vulnerable. But they also can keep people from experiencing all that we have to offer. A little insight from my recent travels to Mexico City.

I have rarely told the story of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter. That confuses some but it’s very intentional on my part. The resurrection of Jesus isn’t meant to be a nice story. It’s meant to change your life.

We need a theology of suffering, that is, a view of God and suffering. Our misundertanding of God and suffering leads us to unhealthy places. But Jesus’ ministry helps us understand God’s view of suffering.

Our tendency is to fix, to cure, to solve. But often our first step should be to care. This is my reflection on a quote by Henry Nouwen on caring vs. caring.

Too many people retire, only to lose focus and a sense of purpose. Maybe retirement should be a time to reset, or re-tire your life for a new venture.

Tailwinds and Headwinds: we know all about headwinds. But tailwinds often go unnoticed. Can we learn to be thankful?

Deconstructing faith. It seems to be what people are doing a lot these days. Is it wrong? Is it dangerous?

Here is a spanish translation from a chapter of the book, Broken Trust, in regard to spiritual abuse.

How to forgive is modeled for us by Jesus. Jesus bore our sins so that we can bear the sins of others… absorbing their sin against us like a sponge. Can you believe God for that?

How do you face the injustices in your life? Today, we live in an age of outrage. But Jesus showed a different way.

Many people struggle with a lack of purpose and often give up on life. We can look to Jesus to see how his sense of purpose gave him the ability to endure all things.

Jesus clearly lived under the pressure of stress but he did two things that researchers have proven to be effective in dealing with stress. Quotes from “The Upside of Stress” by Kelly McGonigal.

Betrayal is common in the Bible but it’s common in everyday life. How do you respond and overcome it? This post gives you a start.

In this post, Remy offers ten ways you can develop self control in order to resist temptation based on the book, The Willpower Instinct.

Nothing can be worse than losing a child. How does one recover from something like that? This brief post points the way to how to grieve and move on from the loss of a child.

When you suffer a tragedy it’s easy to want to connect some spiritual meaning to it. But be careful not to over spiritualize a tragedy.

This is part three of a a three part series on Generosity and Jesus. This post looks at the fears that make us selfish.

Greed is the opposite of generosity. Greed fills you with darkness while generosity draws you close to God. These are some of the thoughts Jesus spoke about in his Sermon on the Mount.