Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged devotional, forgive, forgiveness, God, guilty, Jesus, lack of remorse, mercy, pain on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Do you find it harder to forgive some people than others? There are the remorseful who obviously are sorry for whatever pain they have caused you. For the most part these folks are the easiest to forgive…. Maybe easy is not the right word. I guess it depends on the offense. Maybe in your mind you [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged conflict, conflict resolution, differences, love, Marriage, marriage and family, relationships, spouse, weddings on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I have several weddings coming up this summer that I will be officiating. During pre-marital counseling and even in the ceremony itself I stress the fact that opposites attract. I believe it is part of God’s plan. We each have our own set of strengths and weaknesses and we are attracted to a person who will compliment those [...]
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Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Messed Up World, PG Required, Self-Help, Stress, tagged addictions, compulsive, internet on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
There is an article in today’s UK Telegraphon internet addiction. British psychiatrists believe that 1 in 10 online users are addicted. I know what you are thinking, “Man, maybe I check my email too much or I am hanging out on Myspace too long.
Many of us probably do spend way too much time on the [...]
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Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Leadership, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged Christian Living, dad, father, father's day, forgive, forgiveness, husband, intimacy, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, reconciliation, rekindle, relationship, romance, spouse, wife on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Father’s day is coming up on June 15. I think in the Christian World we tend to spend a lot of time beating up on fathers for working too much, for insensitivity and for just overall not taking the important responsibility of being a fathers or husbands seriously. There are a lot of good fathers around. [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, LCC, Leadership, Prayer, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged Bible, celebrate, communion, friend, full life, God, graduation, Jeff Overton, Jesus, life, live, Magnificat, Mary, worship on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
I know there is a lot going on this time of year between kids sports, school ending, graduations happening, vacations coming, weddings planning, and summer cranking up. I hope you are taking time to chill and not getting too stressed over the details. A friend of mine passed from this world into [...]
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Posted in Current Events, Family, Good News, Self-Help, tagged careers, college, forbes, future, income, job hunting, jobs, parenting, salary on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My daughter graduated college (UTA) three years ago and entered the the world of making her own living and my son just graduated from college (TCU) last week. I am pleased to say both of them have good jobs and are doing well. Lisa and my investments as parents seem to be paying off and I am [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged christianity, God, Jesus on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
It is pretty easy to get caught up in looking at ourselves and being proud of the changes we have made in ourselves as Christian. We study the Word of God, we go to church, we serve others when it feels right. You notice I wrote “proud of the changes”. It is easy to get [...]
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Posted in Entertainment, Family, Self-Help, tagged coffee, fix it, good life, life, lifestyle, save money, thankful on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My coffee pot was perking very slow and making lots of noise. I told my wife this morning we needed to buy a new one. She told me to run some vinegar through it.
I did, and it works like a charm….. My wife is beautiful and smart…..
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, devotional, e-note, tagged Bible, change the world, children, christian, Christinity, darkness, God, humble, Jesus, light, Luke, Mary, Mother's Day, obedient, parenting, success on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
Mother’s day, as usual, was a special and fun day at LCC. We dedicated a dozen children to the Lord as we prayed for them and their families. We prayed a blessing on the child and the family and a dedication of the LCC community of faith to come along side in helping to protect and [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged challenges, christian, counseling, discouragement, friends, friendship, God, hope, Jesus, joy, life, love, maturity, mentoring, persevere on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jesus said that what is most important is to Love God and Love People. He said that if you could focus on obeying these two commands then all others will fall in under the LGLP umbrella. (Luke 10:27) I found out as a professional counselor that if I could focus on getting people reconnected with God and each [...]
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