In the July 20, 2018 Issue of “Christianity Today,” there was an article entitled Study: US Churches Exclude Children With Autism, ADD/ADH. The article stated, “America’s religious communities are failing children with chronic health conditions such as autism, learning disabilities, depression, a...

We're all on a quest to know God. And we all look for God in different ways. Some of us see God more clearly in worship. Some may see God more clearly by reading scripture. Maybe you see God better when you serve. Or, maybe the way you see God is nothing more than a total blur. You've tried churc...

A new baby brings change to every area of your life, but most intimately, it affects your marriage. Sometimes, in the first few months of having a baby together, you’re more tied together and more torn apart all at the same time. You’re more tied together because now, forever, you share the paren...

If you want to know what the Bible says about divorce, ask a divorced person. I know because I am one, and I have those scriptures memorized. "I will be with you wherever you go.” In all of my prayers, that’s what God would whisper. For eighteen months I lived in absolute hell. Three affairs unco...

I recently got the chance to visit Haiti on a medical mission trip with Highland Park United Methodist Church. I must give my wife, Erin, all the credit for really pushing us to go, but I’m glad I listened. I spent several days working as a pharmacist at the Medical Clinic in Petit Goave. While m...

In my line of work, teaching and coaching families and teens, not a week goes by that I don’t hear a parent say that their teen is struggling with confidence. On the one hand, gaining confidence in oneself in the world is a developmental task of a teen. On the other hand, among kids where one wou...

This summer, I went on my very first choir tour. I grew up going to summer music festivals and instrumental tours but never a choir tour and what I experienced was nothing like what I expected. I, along with 127 singers from the HPUMC Chancel Choir and their families, had the great privilege to t...

We knew this day was coming. We knew it from the first time we held her in the hospital that cold February night. We knew it was inching closer as we watched her take her first steps lunging towards the lights on the Christmas tree. We knew as we lay exhausted each night from diapers and bottles...

When college-aged people head out for the newest chapter of their life, they are evaluating everything from who they are and what they want to do with their life, to what they actually believe. Many students have questions about all of these things and many more, but when it comes to faith, the C...

As a parent of an HPUMC Youth Choir member, I’ve mostly just observed from the outside looking in, watching performances, asking my son if he was enjoying it, and the basic things that a parent keeps track of on the surface level. My thoughts around HPUMC Youth Choir have always been that they ar...