Cherish this woman. She is for you, all fair, more lovely than you know, stronger than you expect, more forgiving than you deserve.
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marriage as transformation
March 29, 2013 
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We cherish and nurture our own body—yet in marriage we become one flesh. We take care of ourselves. We look out for ourselves. And in marriage men learn better than anywhere else to love someone else, to look after her interests, to be thoughtful and careful and kind.
Read more a Holy Ghost explosion?
September 25, 2012 3 Comments
There is a Holy Ghost Explosion in the Plaza with one of the summer music teams. I find this curious, since I have always assumed He came at a time and a place of His own choosing.
Read moreRetrospective 2010
August 30, 2012 0 Comments
Our faces should brighten when we see each other. To welcome each other in this way is not just a lost art in a hurried world, but a neglected responsibility.
Read moreRetrospective: 2002
August 23, 2012 0 Comments
God in his wisdom has called this godly father, husband and pastor to a perfect sabbath rest. Some of the things we depended on him for we will now have to do for ourselves. Or for each other. Or simply wait for God to do.
Read more Christmas and celebrities
December 20, 2011 5 Comments
The incarnation, which we celebrate this week, is the antithesis of all motives to lift ourselves up.
Read more occupy our street
November 14, 2011 2 Comments
We should love, mentor and hire a generation of young people who need more skills than we’ve taught them, more hope than we’ve given them, and more character than we’ve shown them.
Read more Jesus loves the little children
July 27, 2011 4 Comments
My wife used to teach a neighborhood Bible study for kids in which none of the kids knew a single Christmas carol or had ever read a Bible. In fact, they could barely read at all.
Read more a love story retold
July 1, 2011 5 Comments
The measure of a man’s marriage is the degree to which his wife flourishes under his love.
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What would Jesus eat?
This begins a series on the ethics of food: how to pray over it, think about it and choose it, all without judging your neighbor or violating your conscience.
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