Do you know that I love you?

One of my sons crawled in my bed tonight after being told multiple times to get in his own bed. I normally have to be firm on this because he does it a lot. It doesn’t upset me, really. I love that he likes to be close to his mom and dad. He’s still at …

A Unique Love in a Class of it’s Own

I’m fortunate to still have some special people in my life that really LOVE me (along with my sibs and cousins), with unblinking honest tender love... my grandparents (the three remaining). If you still have any of your grandparents, call or go see them today. If you don’t, take some time to reflect on their …

The Other Cross

There is a difference in claiming belief in the cross of Jesus and actually following Jesus. If you follow Him, he will bring you back to another cross somewhere down the road. It is not the cross but it is a cross. This cross is a rite of passage for the Christian and also a …

I “Love” you Man.

That person at the office who "loves" you but frequently drops your name in a sideways jab doesn't really love you. That doesn't mean you can't "love" them back though. Don't confuse "loving" someone with not pushing back. Be kind, but be firm and tell them how it makes you feel. There's no guarantee it …

First Date

Click the link to listen as a soundtrack for this post. We were freshman, it was April of '96, and she'd just turned 18. I fell in love with her reading Calvin and Hobbes while sharing an oversized chair at a Barnes and Noble in Springfield Missouri. I don't know if it was strategic on my …

Rocky Rose

This is an adaptation of C. H. Spurgeon's devotional thoughts on 1 John 4:19. Loves parent is the love of God shed abroad in the heart (Rom 5:5). After its divine birth, it must also be divinely cultivated. Love is an exotic plant. It will not flourish naturally in human soil because it is planted, …

Tim and Beka Holman 20th Anniversary

From life's bramble bush I picked a rose.

Saved by His Life

When most think or talk about Jesus, the cross is always central. It is the horrifying gruesome reality that Jesus is known for, but that was only ONE example of His extreme obedience. The cross became the satisfactory payment for humanity's sin debt owed to God, but his whole life was the cross. Jesus' life, …

Lucky

I'm sitting here trying to get some work done while listening to a playlist on Spotify called Peaceful Piano.  Isn't it amazing how a simple melody from a piano can stir the heart to tears? Just me...? I'm transported back to my college years sitting in a practice room where my wife, then girlfriend, would …

What if God doesn’t fix it?

There's a scene in Thornton Wilder's play, The Angel that Troubled the Waters, that captures the essence of waiting on God to fix the broken thing, or things, in our lives. The scene is a medical doctor that comes to the pool everyday wanting to be healed of his own depression, anxiousness, and deep sadness.  …