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Tweet I was talking with a young man at church today. He’s been married a couple years and is still learning how to understand his wife, and more importantly, how…
Tweet I get a request about once a month from a man or woman. “Pastor can you convince my wife (or husband) to stay?” Sadly, I’ve lost a few friends…
Tweet I have had mentors in my life since I was in my early twenties. These men have added so much to the quality of my life. I can’t imagine…
I did men’s ministry for many years before I went into vocational ministry. Recently I felt led to address the young men in our church. One Saturday morning, I invited men aged 35 and under to join me as I shared some thoughts with them. Basically I said to them what I wish had been said to me at that age. The response from the guys who attended has been amazing. They want more.
In the process of planning and praying for this event, God did something to my heart. I’m still processing all that means, but I know it involves being more intentional addressing concerns I have for what I see as a need for more godly men to lead in their homes, communities and churches.
This week I received this email.
A danger exists even in completing the things you have to do as a routine…
- Routine assignments at work…
- Routine in relationships…
- Routine in physical activities…
- Routine in daily quiet times…
- Routine in weekly calendaring…
I call it the danger of the mundane…
The things we always do, as good as those things may be, can become so routine that they begin to be seen as more of a drag than a pleasure.
Some of the dangers of the mundane include:
Tweet We moved downtown… After we became empty-nesters, Cheryl and I sold the house where we raised our boys and purchased a condominium in the downtown area of our city….
Tweet The last two years have been a season of change in my life. I’ve experienced a change of perspective as we’ve transitioned into being empty nesters and I’ve experienced…
I don’t do much marriage counseling these days. I have a master’s in counseling and spent a few years almost exclusively doing counseling, but the size of the church and my role leading and developing the staff takes more of my time now. As a pastor, knowing that my opportunity is limited in offering on-going counseling, I have learned that it is important to assess the health of the marriage early in the counseling process if I have any hopes of making progress.
Here is one method I found helpful. I ask each spouse to answer this short questionnaire separately:
Tweet This weekend we had the incredible experience of seeing our oldest son Jeremy marry his his school sweetheart Mary. I was privileged to perform the ceremony. It was a…