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UNCOMMEN Challenge: Full Service
If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. As men, we often have a special connection with our cars. They are not just a mode of transportation, but rather...
Understanding Your Wife
Do you remember any books you read from the 5th grade? Maybe it was a Choose Your Own Adventure tale, 101 Ways to Eat Fried Worms, or the one about a Lion, a Witch, and a Wardrobe. The one that immediately comes to my mind? “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by...
Taking Care of Your Health
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So, glorify God in your body. It was the Spring of 2013. My wife was in the hospital for...
Family Leadership
The Carolina Panthers recently hired Frank Reich as their next head coach. I believe he’ll do a great job in Carolina, as he brings proven leadership to the team. While driving into the office recently, his brother Joe (the head football coach at Wingate University in...
Pathway To Victory
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 NIV When my friend Tim Lang was alive, one noticed when he was around you. He was big and goofy. I miss everything about him. One of my favorite stories about him...
Brothers and Envy
I long for deeper and closer friendships in my life, and I have been grateful for the men who have come into my world. But I often struggle with the deep envy of the same men I would want as a closer brother. I am both drawn to them and their gifts, yet, I am jealous...
UNCOMMEN Challenge: Getting Fit Together
If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. Maintaining good health as you age doesn't require a packed schedule of doctor appointments or a medicine...
Reflecting God’s Love
As men, it is our responsibility to reflect the light and love of our Creator to those around us, especially our spouses. When we look at our wives, do they see the love we have for them? When they look at us, do they see the love we have for our Creator? The answer...
Parenting Without Evolution Does Not Compute
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; Even when he is old he will not depart from it. While in Silicon Valley, I toured the Computer History Museum. If you or your child are fans of computers and technology, the Mountain View, California Museum is a...
Life Struggles
“They help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!” Isaiah 41:6 NIV How do you handle life struggles? Reaching out to other men who may have experienced that struggle can help you in your circumstances. God wants us to experience peace within our life...
My Perspective
“He said to them, ‘Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Luke 20:25 NIV The back story, I meet with a group of guys every Friday. A few years ago, one of them was just stating that he had to pay a lot of taxes that year. I responded...
How to Manage Anger
I get to approach this conversation from two perspectives. The first is that I have been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and personal development coach for the last ten years. I have worked with hundreds of men on anger and how to handle those moments of...