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Something didn’t seem right — I tried to make a lateral move in my day job a while back. I didn’t get the job, which was odd because I was qualified to do it. I had the experience. I was doing the same work but at a higher level too. But they told me my…

Mark 7:29–30 — “Good answer!” he said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.” And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone. — Mark 7:29–30 While there are many ways to experience Jesus, I believe one of the greatest…

What I have learned from publishing Christian Devotionals — Before I started writing devotionals, I remember sitting down with a friend and sharing that God called me to write books about my faith. As we discussed it, I told him that one of the draws to this calling was that God wanted me to write devotionals for everyday Christians. …

Mark 6:7 — And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits. — Mark 6:7 I remember the first time I went out to share my faith publicly with random people. When I was a junior in college I…

How can we learn about masculinity that could shape the world? — I know this isn’t a popular topic. And my take on it probably won’t create a lot of fans. However, I have to talk about it. Over the last five years, I have been reclaiming my masculinity, which seemed to have deflated and disappeared while living in Portland, Oregon. Since…

But I will tell it to you anyway — Yesterday, we broke ground for building our house. The excavator came in, cut the driveway up the hill behind our current home, and started flattening out the top of the hill. In all honesty, I couldn’t have been more excited. And it isn’t only because we are finally building a…

Mark 5:27–29 — She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed…

Plus 3 bonus articles to help you too! — I am going to keep this short and to the point. There are a lot of Medium writers looking to the leave the platform because the partner program is reducing payments. Listen, it is what it is. We aren’t in control, so we might as well learn to make it work for us instead of complain all the time. Medium isn’t dead. It’s only changed. And when…