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A Liturgy for Adoption

Adoption is so close to God’s heart. Before our third child, Van was conceived, we struggled with secondary infertility for a several years—desperately wanting to add another baby to our family, and being told no at every turn

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Balancing Real Life and Digital Technology

Balancing Real Life and Digital Technology

It's hard keeping up with the internet. I've not posted on this blog since January 3, because it's hard to make time in my life to actually sit down and write something out, format it and get it online. I have a life away from the...

Five Lies Men Believe

Five Lies Men Believe

You've probably heard a request for men to man up recently- on someone's Facebook, maybe in person, possibly even thrown at you, and something inside you wants to respond. There is an area in your life that is affected by the...

3 Steps to Avoid Internet Conflict

3 Steps to Avoid Internet Conflict

The internet could be easily described as a minefield and nobody walks through a maze of IEDs without getting hurt, or hurting someone else. Observing the minefield doesn't just happen once, your course must be charted each and every time you plan to cross it. In your...

You Make a Useless Savior

You Make a Useless Savior

I'll admit it freely: Guys want to fix problems. We want things to be normal. But maybe it isn't just a guy thing- don't we all want a peaceful existence? Don't we all life to go smoothly without hiccups or glitches? Call It What...

Three Valuable Lessons My Father Taught Me

I don't think any of us realize how important our fathers are, until we move away from home. I've lived on my own for about three years, but always had close access to my father, until I moved out of state last September. Calling the family up has become sort of a...

5 Things Good Mothers Aren’t

I grew up in a stable home, and I'm grateful for the way that my parents raised me. Mom always gave me enough space to become a man, enough rules to learn responsibility and enough grace to understand just how unconditional God's love is. She also raised me...

Create. Disciple. Design.

I’ve always viewed myself as a creator, long before that was ever my job description. Now, I’m hired by people to create brands that birth new companies, and concepts that birth new businesses. When I came up with the name of this blog, “creation” was something that happened when I wrote, but I think the goal here has always been to use creativity to influence, influence to connect, and connection to build new communities. Join me, you’re welcome here!

Author and Creative Director for Every Woman a Theologian, husband, dad, and Jesus follower.

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