May 21, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
Originally published at Walk Humble on May 21, 2026. I believe in vision, goals, and dreaming big about the future. But I also think thoughtful leaders can become so future-driven that they neglect the kind of person they are becoming on the way there. This essay...
May 14, 2026 | Leadership, Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
Originally published at Walk Humble on May 14, 2026.Strength is often performed as dominance, distance, control, or the refusal to need anyone. But the way of Jesus reveals a deeper kind of strength: courage joined to tenderness, authority joined to sacrifice, and...
Jan 16, 2026 | Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
Superman, the strongest and most powerful creature on earth, is trapped by Lex Luthor in an inter-dimensional prison where he is weak, vulnerable, and helpless. Mr. Terrific, with Lois Lane at his side, heads to the beach to do something about the situation. Read the...
Nov 30, 2023 | Marriage, Family, & Personal
I’m a sucker for Holiday nostalgia. This morning, I made my 13- and 10-year-old boys listen to these two albums (on Apple Music because you can’t buy an electric Honda with an 8-track player). My grandmother, who will turn 103 next month, used to play the Smurfs...
Nov 29, 2023 | Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
We’re often so busy looking forward to the next thing, we forget to look around at the people alongside us on the journey. I’m writing this as we enter into Advent, a season in which millions of Christians around the globe commemorate the first coming of Jesus. But...
Nov 13, 2023 | Life & Spirituality, Marriage, Family, & Personal
When someone is bold enough to change their Facebook relationship status to “It’s Complicated,” everyone else takes notice and starts speculating about what’s going on. The fact is, all of us among the human species know what it means to have complicated...
Aug 16, 2023 | Marriage, Family, & Personal, Life & Spirituality
You have little control over your external circumstances, but you have much control over the internal processes of the mind. You get to shape the way you think, and the way you think shapes the way you experience life. I’m well aware of the problem of toxic...
Aug 14, 2023 | Marriage, Family, & Personal
You’re not alone. All families are messy. That’s the nature of family. It’s a lot to untangle. I almost titled this post, How to Untangle Your Big Family Messes, but then I thought better of it. The truth is, it isn’t actually ON you to...
Aug 2, 2023 | Marriage, Family, & Personal
A Tribute to My Father-in-Law and Father in the Ministry, Danny R. Kirk (1955-2023) I called him Dad. And he called me Son. The first time I met Danny Kirk, I was a high school senior taking his daughter out on our first official date. He was smiling and friendly and,...
Jun 9, 2023 | Faith & Theology, Marriage, Family, & Personal
A Tribute to My Dad, Ronnie Cox (1948-2023) I loved my Dad. He passed away just a week ago (June 2, 2023) at the age of 74, peacefully in his sleep. My earliest memories of him involve his two arms. When he was just four years old, he broke his left arm, which wound...