Gary BlackFeb 25, 20172 minWhat Are You Searching For?We all have to live for something, but I've observed over the years that if our ambitions don't include a relationship with God, they wil...
Gary BlackFeb 22, 20173 minIn a Hurry?Seems like everyone these days is in a hurry, on the move, "going for it," etc. Being busy seems to be a bit of a status symbol, a claim ...
Gary BlackFeb 20, 20174 minHaving a Mid-life Crisis?Here's his email: I’m a forty-two year old, married, Christian male who is struggling with purposelessness. Though my life is extremely...
Gary BlackFeb 17, 20173 minWhen God is LateI've always been intrigued with the passages in the Bible where it seems like God shows up late. One of the most obvious is when Lazarus w...
Gary BlackFeb 16, 20173 minGod Always Has a Well...I’ve always been intrigued by a verse in the life of Moses--Exodus 2:12. "Glancing this way and that, he killed the Egyptian and buried h...
Gary BlackFeb 14, 20173 minKeep Your Roots in God. Hang on.A friend of mine lost her baby recently...in the womb. The devastation was indescribable. Her anguish, palpable. She asked me to share so...
Gary BlackFeb 13, 20172 minWill You Be A Tree?Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said that friends are life's "sheltering trees." He's right. If you've ever basked in the shade of a deep fr...
Gary BlackFeb 12, 20172 minGive Me The LetterShe came into my office holding a crumpled letter. She stared at the floor for a while, and then said, “I can’t get beyond this. I can’t ...
Gary BlackFeb 10, 20172 minIt's Time to Stop Being AfraidI've struggled with fear all my life. I'm making more progress these days because of believing some basic truths. I share them with the h...
Gary BlackFeb 9, 20173 minGod, Dogs, and My Pea-sized Brain...A friend sent me a long article today about the sovereignty of God. It said that nothing happens without God’s permission, thus everyth...
Gary BlackFeb 8, 20172 minOn The Freedom To Be Nothing...I've come to believe that one of life's great freedoms...is the freedom to be nothing. Yep, you probably ought to read that again. I'm se...
Gary BlackFeb 7, 20173 minTwenty-Five Keys to a Great RelationshipSomeone asked me recently, "How can I have a "perfect relationship" with my significant other?" What would you say? I wrote down some in...