10 Simple Actions to Improve your Marriage

9) I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. 10) Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. 15) Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. Verses from Chapter 1 in the Song of Solomon. Read the entire Book if you really want to spice up your […]

20 Powerful Ways to Show Love

1) BE SINCERE 2) HATE WHAT IS EVIL; CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD 3) BE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER IN BROTHERLY LOVE 4) HONOR ONE ANOTHER ABOVE YOURSELVES 5) BE JOYFUL IN HOPE 6) BE PATIENT IN AFFLICTION 7) BE FAITHFUL IN PRAYER 8) SHARE WITH GODS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED 9) BLESS THOSE […]

3 Insights for New Fathers

Diapers, daycare and sleepless nights. Yes, I have officially been a father for over a year now. As I look back now, it seems like a blur. But the reality is that there are many parts of my life that have gone through major changes or, as I like to say, overhauled. And yes, in […]

Quote – John Faris

“A man was carrying a heavy basket. His son asked to help him. The father cut a stick and placed it through the handle of the basket so that the end toward himself was very short, while the end toward the boy was three or four times as long. Each took hold of his end […]

3 Ways to BOOST Your Maturity

“The best help we can offer the youth of today is to prepare them for tomorrow.” -Mark W. Boyer With the thought of growing in spiritual maturity always in the back of my mind, I find it important to keep growing. To keep searching for new ways to learn, grow and mature. I like to […]

Love Machine: Build a Stronger Marriage This Year

Take a moment and imagine with me a man and a women. Married. For the sake of the topic, let’s say they have been married for a couple of years. If you have been married longer or shorter, you can still apply these ideas to your own marriage. After only a couple of years, there […]

Young Leaders Embrace Mature Leadership

Mature leaders are the men and women who have fought in the battles, seen wars end and have come across the finish line stronger than when they started. We all have the chance to become a mature leader someday. Whether we like it or not the battles will come, the wars will rage and the […]

Cover Me In The Day of War

Benaiah and the lion were face to face in the bottom of a deep pit. The other two men that had traveled with him to kill the lion were on their way back to the town, badly injured and no longer holding their worth. Benaiah was slightly injured from the battle with the lion before they […]

White Knuckles & Iron Feet

As the regular Sunday service was coming to an end, my Pastor closed in prayer. Prayers at the end of service are typically a little longer and allow for a deeper reflection of yourself. Most Sundays I find myself just standing there thinking more about the tasks of the day rather than my relationship with […]

Learn From Your Past (And Build Your Future)

Go back two years ago and think about where you were in life. Maybe you were finishing high school or college. Maybe you had wedding bells in the background and you were headed to your honeymoon. First born child or possibly baby number three? Maybe you were happy and maybe you were miserable. If you’re […]