By the end of my speech, my hope is that every person present will be empowered to put love in their homes. Of all the things in life that we should “get right,” love is the most important. Sometimes we just need to be shown how!
Apr
26
2012
Temptation to Retreat and Conform
When you’re plowing through with a unique message, it is easy to think one person’s opposing voice is representative of many. “Oh, what’s the use?” You contemplate quitting, crawling back to a simple life, giving up on the calling God has for you. “Perhaps this isn’t right after all…maybe God isn’t in on this like we thought.” The doubts eat you alive.
Apr
14
2012
Blue Like Jazz
If you can stomach the edginess of it, go see Blue Like Jazz. It may be a college party movie, but the movie concludes with some of the most poignant Christian messages I’ve seen on the silver screen. Here’s my review.
Apr
11
2012
The Rare Ingredient to a Happy Life
Happiness means being right with life. Right with ourselves, with others, and with God. Being real. We cannot have it any other way. Neither should you. Seek this one thing and you’ll find the rare ingredient to a happy life.
Apr
07
2012
Make Sure Your Dreams Win
Well, pinch my cheek and call me a hicky. Look at us today. Here we are, 16 children, everyday filled with excitement and activity on our 6.5 acre land, publishing curriculum to speakers and debaters nationwide. Wendy and I recall the younger days feeling a bit walled into a corner without much hope for breaking out to chase our dreams. My, how times have changed. How we have changed!
Apr
02
2012
Hope for Your Painful Marriage
Here’s a sign of a marriage that has hope: they are honest about their pain. I can deal with the phone call from a relative or a friend who asks for an ear about a troubling time in their home. In fact, I have two stories to share, both a few years past.
Feb
26
2012
Our Message on Love
We have been venturing out on public speaking. We live busy lives (show me a family with 16 children who doesn’t), but God has called us time and time again to speak out on our message of Children, Family, Love and Jesus.
Feb
25
2012
Large Families’ Inability to Give to Their Children
“Large families must be miserable, and the children don’t get as much attention from their exhausted parents as in small families.” This view may be popular, but there is a magic about large families that this criticism fails to see.
