Here are 7 reflective questions to help you prepare for goal setting/resolution-making for the new year. What do I want to leave behind? What do I want to take with me? What do I want to start? What do I want to finish? What do I want to see? Who do I want to help?… Continue Reading
What A Difference A Baby Makes!
One year ago today. It’s hard to believe. We got the call from Allison that we really did not expect for another week or so. “I think it’s time. Caleb is on the way.” Jacob was flying and now doing his best to get back home. Allison’s sister was in Houston. So Doris scrambled quickly,… Continue Reading
43rd
Do you mind if I just unload for a minute? One of my real gripes is that people ask all of the time how I ever managed to get (and keep) a wife like Doris. The implication in that question is that she is perfect and I am, well, less than perfect, and so it… Continue Reading
Running Out of Green Ink
I started an annual tradition several years ago. I read through the Bible with one of my children or grandchildren in mind. Each morning, as I do my Bible reading for the day, I ask God to show me things, verses, thoughts, messages, for that particular kid. I finished Josh’s Bible in 2015, Jacob’s in… Continue Reading
The Most Important Decision Ever
About this time of the year, EVERY YEAR, Doris and I get into a heated argument. This is the time she buys the new fall cushions to go on the couch. They replace the new summer cushions that we bought in June to replace the new spring cushions that we got in April…you get the… Continue Reading
Truth?
From time to time I get questions about life events. My guess is that these people have some misplaced interest in my “wisdom.” Today I received a note from a good friend, a really bright young lady who is a graduate student at Oxford (not Mississippi). She was dismayed at the recent surfacing of allegations… Continue Reading
Temporary
Yesterday, about midday, a wonderful, Godly man that I knew years ago, passed away after a long, and valiant battle with cancer. He was a good guy with a quick and gentle smile. Soft-spoken, loved by his family and community, and devoted to God. Early this morning, just before dawn, my wife’s close cousin stood… Continue Reading
The Latest Podcast Dreams
What Difference Does That Make? Guest Jason Jones and I talk about the father wound. https://what-difference-does-that-make-with-dr-mike-courtney.simplecast.com/episodes/dreams-guest-publicist-jason-jones Continue Reading
#LoveOneAnother
It is always a privilege to speak at my home church, Family Worship Center. Today it seemed God especially gave me a message for this time. I thought I would share the service here. The worship is great but if you want to skip to the message it is about the 42-minute mark. https://www.facebook.com/105301756176570/videos/269042534139525/ Continue Reading
What Difference Does That Make? The Podcast
Epiphany – that moment when you suddenly see something that is very important of meaningful, often of a deeply religious nature. I use epiphany to describe those amazing moments when Jesus shows up in an unexpected conversation or a “chance” encounter with an old friend. Today “What Difference Does That Make?” is about Epiphany. Tim… Continue Reading