Blending Your StepFamily 10: Unfairness in Parenting
What should you do when you and your spouse have different parenting styles, resulting in different rules and unfair treatment of your children? What happens when your spouse has an…
Confessions of a Closet Christian 11: Why Does God Feel Like A Product I Have To Sell?
When I invite someone to church, I get uncomfortable. Most of the time, I don’t even really invite them. I merely mention my church one too many times and they…
Experience God 40: Romans 6:6-11 (The Message)
Suzanne Lederer leads us in connecting with God through Lectio Divina, or “Sacred Reading”. Romans 6:6-11 (The Message) Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed…
Carty’s Contemporary Classics 29: Something’s Fishy
Deciding to jump and actually jumping are two different decisions. You see, someone can only tell what you believe by what you do, not by what you say. This principle…
Jesus in HD 36: Jesus on Trial… For His Life
They were ready to kill Him on the spot. They had the motive -- Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath. They had the means -- an inexhaustible supply of…
Real Stuff My Dad Says 35: Love the Unlovely
Sitting in for my dad this week is my father-in-law, Pastor Bob Erickson. As we often do, we begin this week’s podcast discussing movies. Most coming-of-age movies from Goonies to…
Blending Your StepFamily 9: Parenting Styles
There are five basic parenting styles. The key to effective stepfamily blending is first recognizing what your current styles are; second changing your own to a more healthy style; and…
Confessions of a Closet Christian 10: How Can Good Things Become Idols?
When I hear the word, “idol”, I think of the Israelites worshipping a golden calf in the desert. It’s hard to relate to a people bowing down before a hunk…
Experience God 39: Luke 11:5-9, “Ask, Seek, Knock”
Suzanne Lederer leads us in connecting with God through Lectio Divina, or “Sacred Reading”. Luke 11:5-9 (The Message) Then he said, “Imagine what would happen if you went to a…
The Real Deal 17: When the “T” in LGBT Touches Our Own Families
“How do I, as a parent, begin to explain to my teenagers that their older cousin whom they’ve looked up to all their lives has decided that he may have…