Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
Chet was being a jerk at a family gathering and a relative called him out on it. On the way home, he asked Bonnie what she thought. “You weren’t being a jerk,” Bonnie said. “You were just being …
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Before I set the bar of my marriage at cherishing my wife, I thought I had run into an unsolvable conundrum. It had to do with waking up Lisa. I’m a morning person, to an extreme. It’s a very …
Lisa and I were shopping in one of her stores years ago when I heard a song that stopped me in my tracks. The voice was ethereal and enchanting. I fired up Shazam and discovered I was listening to …
If you’ve read Cherish, you may remember the story of Laura and Curt. As a five-year-old girl, Laura stood on the sidewalk wearing a “fancy dress” she had picked out to welcome her daddy home from …
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I state clearly in Cherish that love and cherishing don’t compete; they complement each other. Growing in our understanding of what love is and how to love each other will strengthen our ability to …
It’s a cliché now for people to proclaim, “When I was a young boy, my dad was my hero. When I became a teenager, I realized he was an idiot. Now that I’m older, it’s amazing how much smarter he’s …
