A Challenge to Get Into the Action One of my favorite basketball players, a former student whose family has become like family to me over the years, is a competitor to his core. I love watching him play and have watched hundreds of his games in the past 10+ years. One thing I love about…
Category: Christian Living
How God Wants You to Show Your Love for Him
How God Wants You to Show Your Love for Him Five different love languages are written about in a book by Gary Chapman. The book discusses different ways that people prefer to give love and receive love. The languages are: words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, acts of service and receiving gifts. Chapman originally…
The Danger of Being on the Fence About Jesus
The Danger of Being on the Fence About Jesus It’s confession time! So I was at a coffee shop a couple weeks ago, and I sat down with a mission—to watch one specific sermon from a pastor who I love learning from. Coffee shops are my favorite place to go where I can get away…
How to Identify Yourself as a Disciple of Jesus
How to Identify Yourself as a Disciple of Jesus Here in Kansas City, or Chiefs Kingdom, as it is often called during football season, Chiefs fans have a tradition on the Friday before Sunday home games. It’s Red Friday! Kansas Citians across the area don their Chiefs red in a show of support and excitement…
25 Easy Ways to Keep Yourself Connected to Jesus
25 Easy Ways to Keep Yourself Connected to Jesus Anyone who’s somewhat familiar with the Bible has probably read or heard the verses in John 15 that talk about the vine and the branches. If you haven’t read them before, check them out in John 15:1-17. I was talking about these verses with some friends…
A Prayer That will Change Your Heart and Desires
A Prayer That will Change Your Heart and Desires The dark chocolate hot chocolate from Caribou Coffee is my favorite thing EVER. Like truly, my very favorite treat! The dark chocolate just hits different, and bonus, Caribou usually sprinkles some little baby chocolate chips on top of the whipped cream that adorns the rich, warm…
The Bible’s Wisdom on How to Make Decisions
The Bible’s Wisdom on How to Make Decisions Not far from where I live in downtown Kansas City, there’s an area of town called the Crossroads. Different pieces of the area’s history all worked together to help name it. One way the Crossroads area lives up to its name even today is the fact that…
People are Just People, Made and Loved by God
People are Just People, Made and Loved by God For the first eight years of my teaching career, I taught elementary school. Fifth grade for a year, then second grade for two years, and first grade for five fun years. But as year eight at my public charter school drew to a close, I realized…
Practical Steps to Help Protect Your Heart
How are you carefully guarding your heart? The Bible says everything you do flows from your heart. That sounds like something worth protecting…. Here are a few Scripture-based suggestions for how to do that.
Why and How to Meet God in the Great Outdoors
Spending time in nature can help us feel closer to God, and it should move us to praise Him! Here are some ideas for ways to engage with the Creator of the universe in the beautiful creation He spoke into existence.