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8 Ways to Increase Your Spiritual Growth as You Get Older

Never assume retirement from one’s lifework means retirement from spiritual growth. Getting older gives us the freedom to pursue God more...

8 Ways to Increase Your Spiritual Growth as You Get Older

3 Ways to Prepare Our Families for Easter

A few weeks before Easter I start rummaging around for our Easter-themed books and decorations. I pull out picture books like The Colt and The King...

3 Ways to Prepare Our Families for Easter

10 Ways to Peacefully Talk to an Atheist about Christianity

Rather than mentally formulating your argument so you can pounce whenever they take a breath, let’s look at 10 ways to peacefully talk to an...

10 Ways to Peacefully Talk to an Atheist about Christianity

8 Indicators of a Dying Relationship

Everyone talks about how great being in a relationship will be. The commercials, the cards, social media—they all reflect what you want,...

8 Indicators of a Dying Relationship

5 Ways We Can (and Should!) Keep Celebrating Easter after the Actual Day

Christmas is a season filled with so much joy and celebration and reflection on Christ for so many Christians--why not make Easter the same kind of...

5 Ways We Can (and Should!) Keep Celebrating Easter after the Actual Day

10 Opportunities Lost When We Skip Church

I love church, but there are quite a few people who don’t. Here’s what you miss when you don’t attend church:

10 Opportunities Lost When We Skip Church

10 Reasons Your Church Isn’t Growing

As a pastor's wife for over seventeen years, I have worshipped with larger churches and smaller churches, those who wear three-piece suits and...

10 Reasons Your Church Isn’t Growing

5 Things That Can Cause Us to Drift Spiritually

As a pastor for the past couple decades, I have noted several key things that tend to cause Christians to drift away from God. Here are five of...

5 Things That Can Cause Us to Drift Spiritually

6 Important Truths to Understand about Anger

The Bible has a lot to say about anger. I don’t mean righteous anger, the kind of anger we can experience toward injustice or evil but sinful...

6 Important Truths to Understand about Anger

5 Things Christians Need to Stop Doing

Here is some stuff Christians should stop doing.

5 Things Christians Need to Stop Doing

6 Easy Ways to Help the Lonely Church-Goer

Truth be told, if someone is in a church and feels lonely for very long at all, chances are they won’t return. People need to feel connected and...

6 Easy Ways to Help the Lonely Church-Goer

10 Ways to Help Kids Develop Faith That Lasts

Tragically, many people who grew up as Christians end up drifting away from the faith once they become adults. Parents are heartbroken to watch...

10 Ways to Help Kids Develop Faith That Lasts

5 Great Ways to Fail at Life (from Proverbs)

The Book of Proverbs gives us some amazing wisdom for life. Along with that, Solomon also exposes some common ways that people end up messing up...

5 Great Ways to Fail at Life (from Proverbs)

12 Ways to Live Deeply in a Surface Society

Our culture relentlessly pressures you to cover up your imperfections with the veneer of an image that shows worldly success. But no matter how...

12 Ways to Live Deeply in a Surface Society

Single and in Debt? 10 Ways to Tame Your Debt Monster Now

Gain traction in paying down your debt, and you’ll begin to find financial freedom. Here are ten ways to tame your debt monster.

Single and in Debt? 10 Ways to Tame Your Debt Monster Now