Why I’m Gathering In-Person for D6 2021

Why I’m Gathering In-Person for D6 2021

In just a few weeks, pastors from across the country are going to gather in-person with safety protocols at the D6 Conference in Orlando. The questions you have to ask before you hit a conference is why am I going? Is it the right time? What am I going to experience...
Daddy, Why Did God Let Me Have Diabetes?

Daddy, Why Did God Let Me Have Diabetes?

Two of our three children were born with Congenital Hyperinsulinism, a rare genetic disorder of the pancreas, that causes blood sugar to constantly bottom out to dangerously low levels. Shortly after birth they each received a 98% pancreatectomy, and they are now...
12 Reminders When Anxiety Strikes

12 Reminders When Anxiety Strikes

COVID-19 numbers are spiking again, an ugly election season has left us all tired and irritable, and the summer sun has disappeared and decided to quarantine like the rest of us. With all of the mess that surrounds us, it’s rare to find a person who isn’t anxious,...
An Apprenticeship In Integrity

An Apprenticeship In Integrity

“If Tom said it, you could bank on it.” Tom was my grandfather. “He was always the same, wherever he was, whoever he was with,” a neighboring farmer affirmed at Tom Haun’s funeral. He “got his life straightened out,” as he called it, after a mule fell on him one day...
How To Serve With Boldness

How To Serve With Boldness

I remember how the book felt in my hands: 600 pages heavy, yet it didn’t deter my curiosity and desire to dig in. The title captivated me: How Now Shall We Live. Page by page, the beloved and belated author, Chuck Colson, convinced me and filled in the questions of...
Walking Through a Season of Disappointment

Walking Through a Season of Disappointment

The pandemic our world is experiences is unraveling every area of normalcy in our lives. Our interactions with others have changed because of this new concept and mandate of social distancing. Major life events, such as graduations, weddings, birthday celebrations,...
Mirror Mirror on the Phone

Mirror Mirror on the Phone

“I’m struggling with comparison. It is eating me alive and all I can think about. Everywhere I turn I find my mind wandering to who I’m not, what I don’t look like, what I don’t have. Can you give me advice?” I receive texts like this all the time. Whether you’ve sent...