ShareYesterday, I read this tweet by my friend Lindsey: “Do ever think a/b how crazy blogging is? You write something, anything. Then folks gather around & enrich it by adding their voice. I like” That got me thinking. Each week Trisha and I try to be faithful to the vision of RefineUs by sharing God’s [...]
ShareWhen our marriage imploded five years ago, a contributing factor was living beyond our means. Most of the time, that phrase is used to describe how people spend money they don’t have to impress people they don’t even like. We did that too. But we lived beyond our means in the area of our time. [...]
ShareAs a parent it is a precious gift to be able to witness from the sidelines milestones in your child’s life. Yesterday Justin shared a small step in the life of our Elijah. I have to admit as his mom finding and reading his list melted my heart but not for reasons you might think. [...]
ShareOn Sunday, I walked into my office after the last service at Cross Point Bellevue and saw my 11-year-old son, Elijah typing on my computer. He knows he isn’t supposed to touch my work computer, so it was about to get intense. My assumption was he was on Facebook so I quickly walked into the [...]
ShareI have had several conversations with women, regardless if they have been married 2 or 20 years, and most question the role sexual intimacy should play in their marriage. We know that men think about sex every 7 seconds, but do we really know why? Women (especially those who grew-up in the church) were taught [...]
ShareIntimacy for me (Justin) was just sex. I was never taught how to develop true intimacy, never realized the spiritual aspect of intimacy and never considered there could be any deeper level of intimacy than having sex. Almost from the beginning of our marriage, I fell into the trap of withholding parts of my heart [...]
ShareWhen you grow up in church, there is really only one unpardonable sin. The Bible says that it is blasphemy, but in the church world I grew up in, it was adultery. When Trisha and I left ministry in 2005 due to my affair, I had no idea what the future held, but one thing [...]
ShareI read THIS post yesterday on how Facebook is becoming a prime source for evidence in divorce cases. It is a very eye-opening article. Here is a quote from the article that really caught my attention: All in all, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers says that around 81% of its members have had to [...]
ShareI’m going to say this on the front end of this post…I am not sure you need to read this as much as I need to write it. I’m not even sure if it will make sense…but feel like I need to get it out there. One of our favorite things to do on Sunday [...]
ShareLast Sunday, I had the opportunity to continue our series at Cross Point entitled Be Rich. It was one of the most challenging messages I’ve ever given. Not only did I pray about it for quite a while, but a lot of discussion went into this message with my wife, Trisha. We will be blogging [...]
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