Dirty Little Secret

Good Saturday morning! It's the weekend and I thought I'd send a quick moment with you all before breakfast. Just when I think all the hub-bub about The Single Dad Detour is over. Just when I've resigned myself to embracing that it will be shelved and forgotten amidst the myriad of other dusty, countless books,...

Christmas Gift Idea!

All God's Creatures Volume 2 (the second of 3 Guideposts books featuring Tez) is ready for pre-order at: ORDER NOW A compilation of 365 animal lover devotions from Tez Brooks and other award-winning other authors. Great for anyone who appreciates God's creation and reading how animals reflect His character and love.        ...

Will Your Kids Just Survive, or Thrive?

This week my teen went out of her way to make sure she could attend an in-person job interview; something hard to find these days when most people send you to an online application so they can weed out anyone before seeing them.  My wife dropped our daughter off and went shopping, so my teen...

Are Christians Offering the Wrong Support?

Recently at a conference, I met Shane*, a construction worker and single dad who loves Jesus and is deeply committed to following the Lord. But Shane struggles with feelings for other guys. His church offers a ministry to those like Shane. Although the group offered him a tight community, he found it alienating and hard...

Abandonment Issues

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’"   HEBREWS 13:5 (NIV) I BELIEVE GOD CREATED some animals not to remind us of his attributes, but to help us remember what he is not....