April 3, 2024
Easter is all about Self. Actually the entire Biblical story is about Self: the battle of our Self against God. Oh, you may think it is about the battle between Satan and God, but Satan long ago realized his best […]
March 20, 2024
If you were asked to give a description of a Christian, and I mean by that a disciple of Christ, not a person who goes to a Christian church, what would you say? Notice I said a description, not a […]
March 13, 2024
As I mentioned in last week’s Putting Green, I spent several days at Mepkin Abbey in silence and solitude. Now granted, I live in an “Upper 1% World,” so when I say it was one of the hardest things I […]
March 7, 2024
I spent the past week at Mepkin Abbey. It is truly a paradise. I was overwhelmed by the natural beauty. Huge ancient, moss-covered oak trees everywhere. This former plantation is on the shores of the Cooper River—in places at the […]
February 28, 2024
Jesus warns us about having the wrong treasures. He states unequivocally that we will either have treasures on earth or in heaven: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”—Matt. 6:21 But that sort of binary statement […]
February 21, 2024
In the Parable of the Four Soils, Jesus warns us about our hidden treasures that will choke out any chance of us living fruitful lives: “… but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for […]
February 13, 2024
In the Parable of the Four Soils, Jesus warns us about our hidden treasures that will choke out any chance of us living fruitful lives: “… but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for […]
February 7, 2024
As we dig back into the Sermon on the Mount, let’s start with Jesus’ statement: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.— Matt. 6:21 Is this not a fact? If it is a treasure that is […]
January 30, 2024
The changes we make now, in the “Short Game” of our lives, i.e. the little things we change now, will bump our trajectory, and not just change us, but transform us into true followers and true disciples of Jesus. Hebrews […]
January 24, 2024
Like many of us, you may have a tendency to focus primarily on long-range and long-term things like attaining your career goals, getting a new venture started, or reaching your retirement goals. Yes, those things are important. Yet, it’s the […]
January 16, 2024
Where will you be in five years – what age? When I write my age down it is a tad sobering. And even more sobering is the question Andy Stanley poses: “Is where you are going where you want to […]
January 11, 2024
I was renovating houses when I turned forty-five. I sat myself down and asked the question, “Do I want to be doing this when I am sixty-five? Do I want to be chasing sheet rockers and tile men and listening […]