TOP THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT wwwG In case you don’t know, the annual Women Walking with God Conference is THE biggest women’s event in the churches of Christ – anywhere. It is a huge deal! Go to womenwalkingwithgod.org to see details on this year’s lineup of world-class speakers and entertainers. In addition to the in-person event…

Lord, Not My Will! But Your Will Be Done! Have you ever taken time out to plan a dinner with friends, a couples retreat, or get-away only to witness your plan fall apart due to unforeseen reasons? Or what about that time when you intentionally contemplated how to address a friend or fellow brother or…

Beware Any Loose Connections In our aging house, Karen and I discovered that a couple of our electrical outlets had loose connections. This might be a good time for you to check your own outlets and extension cords. “Connection” brings the word “fellowship” to my mind. 1 John 1.1-7 is well-known. Here are a couple…

Encouraged to Encourage The last three years at Northside I have had the privilege of interacting with young people from all walks of life. One of the greatest joys of my role is the opportunity to encourage and inspire them to pursue their dreams and goals. I believe that each of us have God given…

Become Like a Child Jesus told his followers, “Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 18:3) In their innocent ways of looking at Bible stories and understanding God, we can sometimes learn a lot. Recently some young children in a Bible class were asked to…

Big AND Small         God is big.          Has that fact ever just flat-out, smacked you upside-the-head?!  Maybe it was as you stared up into the depths of His galaxy on dark, cloudless night; or perhaps standing at the top of His mountain and looking for miles and miles into His creation?         Whatever that…

FROM THE VIEWERS We answer an average of eight questions each week on Know Your Bible. Those are selected from all the questions we’ve received since our last recording session. Many of them have been asked repeatedly over the years, but a surprising number are “new and different” – even after 37 years. When a…

Seeking Kingdom Outcomes How often in our daily living do we tend to overthink, over-speak, over-persuade, get over-involved, or just flat out take matters into our own hands? Is the practice of inserting ourselves or providing our judgmental conclusions and opinions something that just comes natural to all human beings? Maybe genetically speaking some of…

A Time When Jesus was Overwhelmed? The holidays are over and we’re all back to it. Maybe your job has a lot of stress at the end of each month (especially at the end of the year)? Maybe your kids really didn’t want to go back to school? Maybe you’re receiving the bills from your…

       I am very invested in the spiritual future of the next generation. I love my two boys and our teens at Northside and I want to see them carry on the work of the church as they get older. Because of my vested interest in the next generation, I do a lot of research…