RHETT-orical: musing about Faith, Family, and Freedom

I came across the following quotation in my reading this morning.  As I have been thinking about risk-taking recently, it resonated . . . ...

Thriving Family magazine features my devotion "What Do You Love?" on their home page this week.

Edie Melson shares great, practical advice today at The Write Conversation .  Today's post is 8 Reasons to Write Something Right Now! ...

Starting Joel Miller's The Revolutionary Paul Revere .  Ready to gallop through its pages.

Risk.   The word rarely appears in the Bible.   Yet, the more I study Scripture, the more I see God’s servants marked by the willingness t...

Julia DesCarpentrie shares advice as a mom at home with her children all summer . . . "Summer…  My kids home all day with me, neighb...

What a beautiful young woman I married.   Here we are 17 years ago in Louisville, Kentucky,  on the campus of Southern Seminary.  ...

Have you ever found yourself in a hyper-productive period? You’re making progress on your goals, checking boxes on your list. It’s like mus...

This is a great article I found this morning by best-selling author Debbie Macomber about 5 ways to get a spiritual start to your day . . ....

"Speaker of the House John A. Boehner recently shocked many when he announced that he was planning a lawsuit against the president for...

After playing a rousing game of Clue as a family, we had a spontaneous discussion as a family about how to spend time alone with the Lord o...

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that li...

The following is a great article by Dennis and Barbara Rainey on how much we need rest in our lives . . . This woman's story expresse...

A brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks. - unknown

God is looking for those who are willing to serve in places hidden from the sight of others, yet in full view of heaven, and who are sustai...

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you   (Psalm 32:8).             One day...

"God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience,...

Some moments are priceless. Two weeks ago, my nine-year old son Dawson and I spent the weekend with eight other dads and sons from our c...

Read Genesis 15:1-7             “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the...

Cost of buying a wooden glue-together plane set for my son at camp last weekend - $4.00. Time spent watching him paint it and put it toge...

Skeptics of the Bible have used Cain’s wife time and again to discredit the book of Genesis as a true historical record. Sadly, most Christ...

    I recently attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.   The BRMCWC is one of...

"I think we can agree that being a pastor is nobler than being a convict. But announce that you are a former pastor and there will be ...

"Remember who you belong to!" Ma-Ma often left me with this challenge when I was a teenager and left the house to go out with...