by Luke Geraty | Mar 6, 2015 | Church Life, Evangelicalism, Leadership, Parenting, Practical Theology
Christian spirituality hasn’t always been a topic of interest for me. Despite the breadth of spiritual depth found in historic Puritanism, my exposure to Reformed theology focused mostly upon doctrine and, sadly, overlooked a tremendous amount of excellent...
by Think Theology | Nov 3, 2014 | Counseling, Family, Forgiveness, Parenting, Practical Theology, Sex
Dear Dad, I want to let you know first of all that I love you and forgive you for what this has done in my life. I also wanted to let you know exactly what your porn use has done to my life. You may think that this effects only you, or even your and mom’s...
by Aimee Tiernan | Nov 2, 2014 | Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Family, Healing, Mental Illness, Messy Church, Parenting, Practical Theology
I was at church one day when the Smith family (names are changed) approached me asking me to pray for them. Their daughter Vanessa had started cutting on herself. They were distraught, worried, and had no idea what to do. They could not understand how their daughter...
by Kenny Burchard | Sep 1, 2014 | Family, Marriage, Parenting, Practical Theology
The early chapters of Luke’s Gospel are saturated with narratives about families, pregnancies, husbands, wives, children, the religious community of faith, devotion, dedication to God’s house, and the formation of two incredible people; John the Baptizer, and Jesus,...
by Luke Geraty | Nov 8, 2012 | Family, Parenting
With all of my heart I believe that parents have a huge responsibility in raising their children. Not only am I concerned with my children having strong character and being healthy (physically and emotionally) and happy, I want them to have a transformative...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 29, 2012 | Family, Parenting
I don’t want this post to come across as passive aggressive, so let me make several clarifications of what this is not: This is not addressed to anyone in particular. I have no individual or couple in mind. This is not intended to manipulate anyone into...
