Ephesians 5 – The Nexus

In this third part of our series, Marriage Myths, we take a look at the cultural myth that the perfect marriage is one in which the husband and wife are perfectly equal in every way. While there is no difference in their value to the relationship, the husband and wife are not the same, nor were they designed to be. Marriage isn’t about equality at all, as it turns out. To see what it will do, keep reading…

The “All’s Fair” Dilemma

I brought a little something for show-and-tell this morning. Who knows what this is? Good. It’s a mousetrap. Okay, next question: Who knows what it’s for? Close: It’s for breaking the spine or neck of a furry little woodland creature that is only a fraction of our size and was just out for an evening snack. Its wife and 5,000 kids are probably going to starve to death now. (Anybody feel guilty yet?) Read the rest…

This Sunday as we continue our series, Marriage Myths, we started unpacking the first myth: The soulmate myth. Our culture says that when we find our soulmate, everything about our life will be on the up and up from there on out. The truth is something entirely different than that…and a lot better. Keep reading (or listening) to find out what this is.

The “One” Syndrome

So, my boys were watching the movie Frozen again the other night. And I’ll admit it: I sat there and watched a lot of it with them. After all, I set it to record…for them of course. Okay, I’ll go ahead and admit it: Frozen is a good movie. It’s actually pretty unique as far as Disney princess movies go. Now, at one level it’s just like all the rest. But at another level it’s very different. It does something no other Disney movie I can think of does. Again, though, for most of the movie you wouldn’t know it. Read the rest…