I try to achieve a work-life balance by being equally overwhelmed at home and work. – Adam Burns, Man With A Plan For many of us, achieving any sort of balance between our personal and professional lives can seem like a cruel joke. In my ministry, I work with healthcare students and professionals. No matter how hard […]
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My wife and I are going through a challenging season. (Thankfully, not with each other. By God’s grace, we’re doing well!) Out of a desire to protect the guilty , I’ll withhold the details. I’ll just say the circumstances have been pretty rough, and we’re leaning into Jesus one day at a time. And I know we’re not […]
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When it comes to dating, lots of Christian guys wonder about the role physical appearance and godly character should play in who they decide to pursue. In other words, do looks matter? More specifically, they ask if it’s wise to pursue a godly woman they do not find physically attractive in the hopes that they will develop […]
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Welcome back, everyone. We’re in the middle of a series where we’re talking about encouraging real change in our lives and relationships. In the first post, I asked you to choose one struggle specific to you and your relationship with your boy/girlfriend, fiance(e) or spouse. (If you’re single, choose someone you’re close with. The process […]
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When it comes to the New Year and resolutions, most of us have two responses:Get excited, take on the world, and make 50 resolutions.Get cynical, and do nothing.Other times, we wind up taking a hybrid approach. We start out strong, fail, get discouraged and then impersonate our pet taking a nap for the rest of […]
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As we race toward the New Year, it’s worth pausing for a moment and reflecting on the old one. Personally, I’m taking the next few weeks to pray through, and set, a few goals for the coming year. But I’m also unplugging and asking what I learned from this past Advent and Christmas. We can […]
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Advent is a time of reflection. On what God did in sending Jesus the first time, and, longing for what He will do when Jesus comes again. In all honesty, I’ve found my reflection, and prayerful waiting tends to be pretty vague. I spend a few minutes reading part of ‘the Christmas story’ from Luke […]
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All of a sudden, Advent (Latin ‘coming’ or ‘arriving’) is here. And although we celebrate Christ’s coming, we also remember that we are waiting. Kids wait for gifts on Christmas morning. Big kids (like us) wait for time off at the end of the year, and time to reflect. And all of us wait for […]
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So, you’d like to get married. You’ve heard that premarital counseling during your engagement is a good idea. And it is: couples that pursue premarital counseling have a 30% higher success rate and avoid the most common marriage problems. But not all pre-marriage counseling is created equally. There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding it, and many […]
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“Anyone who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography.” – Author Robert Byrne So today we’re going to talk about something really important to us men. Sex. More specifically, why your wife doesn’t want sex with you. In fact, research shows clearly what the quote above suggests indirectly: that sex is the […]
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