Have you ever done a trust fall with a brother or friend…did they catch you…How about a young relationship, you got involved and your trust got violated…It can be hard to trust after getting hurt especially in areas of vulnerability like love…What is trust?Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.What are the elements of trust?Positive relation...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought What is love?Love is mentioned over 300 times in the BibleWhen I ask myself that question, I think of those little comic strips that say love is…a cup of coffee or a ray of sunshine….What do you think of love?What do you think that love is?Is it based on past experience from a relationship or a hurt from childhood?What does love look like in your life?The Bible tells us tha...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought I woke up the other day thinking why sheep and not goats…I decided to research the differences…I found that only the Shepherd can easily distinguish the difference between them. Sheep and goats are almost identical…Lets read Matthew 25:31-45The Sheep and the Goats31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 ...  Read More

So as I began reading about different types of fights I began to see a parallel to how we respond to fights…Listen to this I found on the internet…some guy writing about his thoughts on different fights1.The dominance display sometimes goes to a fight. Not usually, unless you let your ego get involved. They call that the Monkey Dance and it is common, predictable and seemingly genetically imprinte...  Read More

I was thinking about the idea of remembering…reflecting on things on life on past events on memories of loved ones….I remember during the dog days of summer laying in the grass…looking up at the sky and clouds….I started to think about how often as a kid I did nothing but lay in the grass looking up…How often do we as adults stop and just lay in the grass and reflect on our lives…On our decisions ...  Read More

I remember growing up I always felt my dad was good…we had an incredible yard…fenced in with a pool and he had a 10 stall garage…he had cars bikes motorcycles…we had a big old tree with a rope swing…Do these things help you to be a good dad?My father was fun, he loved cars, camping, he was adventurous, crazy, risk taking, always smiling, and a workaholic.He never wanted to tell me no…he would buy ...  Read More

We are continuing through our series on Mark. Mark is one of the 4 books in the Bible that tells the story of Jesus’s life. Mark is also one of the characters in the story, and what’s written in the book of Mark is most likely the story of Jesus told to Mark by Peter. Last week we looked at the first half of chapter 1, and learned a few things:Jesus is the Messiah, or “Chosen One”.Ancient prophets...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought So many great memories many of us have of our brothers and reminders that show us the impact that a brother can have in our lives…Why are brothers an important part of our lives?How has a brother blood or otherwise impacted your life?Have you ever fought with your brother?How serious was it? Did it get resolved?Why do we fight with someone who is so important in our lives?B...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought What’s the weakest thing you can think of?What’s the strongest thing you have or can think of?What is the most pressure you have ever had/felt?Maybe an Intense situation or conflict/blood pumping/heart-pounding situation such as being in court waiting on a sentence/in a fight/at the doctor’s office waiting on a result.Have you ever had like an older brother beat you up or m...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s ThoughtWe talked about what is courage in an earlier blog.  Being courageous…so anyone have a story or a testimony… A courageous moment in their lives…a time when they were courageous…Courage is the ability to do something brave out of a motivation of the heart.What’s the opposite of Brave? Coward…afraid…timid…scared…lily liveredWhat is bravery? Bravery is courageous behavior or ch...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought What is courage?How would you define courage or being courageous?Oxford definition- the ability to do something that frightens one. “He called on all his courage to face an ordeal”Strength in the face of pain and grief. “He fought an illness with great courage”In what ways have you seen someone be courageous or you yourself have been courageous?What about Biblical courage? ...  Read More

Wednesday Men’s Thought for the Week Think about the talents people have…We all have things that we are good at…talents… it seems like we are gifted with abilities and talents that we don’t know why we are good at…Why do you think God has gifted some people with certain talents and others with other talents?There are also talents and strengths that we have grown through diligence and determination...  Read More