My newly updated and re-released book, A Lifelong Love: Discovering How Intimacy with God Breathes Passion Into Your Marriage looks at marriage as a three-legged stool: spiritual intimacy, relational …
Passion Sustained Through Purpose
How is it that two people so enthralled with each other that they decided to spend the rest of their lives together, who perhaps once shared an infatuation so intense they could scarcely stand to be …
Hilariously Holy, Part 1
Decades ago, while serving on a pastoral search committee, I listened to hours of sermons from people all over the country. One young applicant was certainly earnest, and he clearly aimed for …
Do You Have a Problem with Pleasure?
When Pure Pleasure: Why Do Christians Feel So Bad About Feeling Good? came out in its German edition, the German publisher asked me a number of questions behind why I thought the book needed to be …
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Have Your Loved Ones Let You Down?
I got so sad once reading the end of the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus gave so much to His disciples. They owed Him everything, but just when He needed them the most, they let Him down again and again and …
Enjoying the Earth Without Loving the World
Do you view the world as a prostitute or as a mother? I’m serious. Do you see the world God created as a giant temptress, waiting to lure us away from true faith and devotion, or do you see it …
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