There’s just something about an early morning routine (or lack of routine!) that gives you a good idea of how your family operates. I’ll ever forget when all four of our kids were in school at the same time. I’d wake up to Tamara’s voice on the other side of the house, “Is your uniform ready? How about your jersey?...
I think we’d all agree about the sad reality that traditional families are not the norm anymore. We’ve got the stats to prove it. 33 percent of Texas homes and 40 percent of Victoria homes are led by single parents. 58 percent of children are born into single-parent homes and 95 percent of single parents don’t attend church. Now, let me be...
Feelings are weird. They’re often hard to explain and usually hard to navigate. Thankfully, we aren’t left in the dark about how to handle them. We see clear pictures of good and bad practices when we look at the life of David in the Bible. If you’ve studied the Old Testament at all, you’d have no trouble arguing that David was...
We’ve been studying Isaiah 30:15 in our services at Faith for a couple of weeks. It’s not a long verse, but it’s one that is packed with so much wisdom. It says, “This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you...
One of my favorite commercials is the old Geico commercial where a man is holding a cup of coffee, turns to look at his watch and spills the entire cup of hot coffee all down his nice suit. The spot ends with a voice-over stating the blunt truth, “We all do dumb things.” I probably think it’s so funny because I...
There’s no doubt about who the most influential person in the history of the world is. Jesus Christ. Even those who don’t believe He was the Messiah believe that He made an unmatchable impact on society. We can probably list many reasons why Jesus was so influential, but it really all comes down to one word: compassion. It’s not just the...
We were all created for an individual purpose. We have a specific calling, and we can’t run from it no matter how hard we try. It’s the reason we live, and it’s always on our minds. Jesus knows this, and He also knows what it takes to fulfill that purpose. One of those things is that we have to learn to...
Dr. Albert Schweitzer accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. He was a medical missionary who spent most of his life in central western Africa. Not only was he accomplished in the medical field, but in the fields of theology and music as well. It was said that he received the award because of the great reverence for life that he...
I don’t know how your life is, but there have been times in my own life that I struggled with the same area time after time after time. It can be frustrating when we know God can help us change for good, but it’s just not happening. When that happens, I’ve found it usually comes down to one thing: until we...
My grandfather was a farmer, so I picked up on quite a bit about farming, especially for a guy who is not really one to work with his hands… unless it involves throwing a baseball or swinging a bat, of course. During the summers I spent at my grandfather’s house, I learned a few things about seeds that have not only...