Pillar 3: Working the Bible Rubik’s Cube

Pillar 3: Working the Bible Rubik’s Cube

The Bible is like a Rubik’s cube. Not the completed cube with all six colors lined up on their respective sides, but the scrambled puzzle with different colors scattered on each side. Even despite past attempts, and failures, to unscramble the puzzle, we all still...
Pillar 2: Know the Beginning from The End

Pillar 2: Know the Beginning from The End

  The most important sections of any book are the first and last chapters. The beginning provides context for the middle. And the end provides “the rest of the story” that makes every story complete. It’s impossible to understand a story by staying trapped in the...
Driving Our Kids

Driving Our Kids

When historians look back at parents of the 20th Century, they’ll see moms and dads obsessed with their financial security, chasing the American dream. When historians research families of the new millennium, they’ll see parents obsessed with their kids’...
Pie for Breakfast

Pie for Breakfast

  If you’re like me, it’s the time of year we start thinking of things we want to do better in the coming New Year. My eating has spiraled out of control, I’ll drop some pounds… in January. Better get back to the gym… after the Holidays. And I might as well throw...
How Christmas Brings Clarity to the Entire Bible

How Christmas Brings Clarity to the Entire Bible

  The holiday decorations are being put up. Candy canes appear at the grocery store checkout area. Most people enjoy the seasonal celebration, but there’s also a tension in the air. Christian families want Christmas to be more spiritual, less commercial—more...