Single parents are heroes!
The title of this post is a statement I have made on multiple occasions. However, it was not until my wife went on bed rest for 16 weeks and counting (6 of which she spent in a hospital) that i...
View ArticleA Fruitful Life from Dr. Eric Bryant
What happens when you mix a bald white guy with a stand-up comedian who earns a doctorate? You get my friend, Dr. Eric Bryant. I met Eric Bryant in 2007 during his book tour for Peppermint-Filled...
View ArticleDo I need community when I have 1,000 friends on Facebook?
You may laugh at the question posed in this post’s title. However, to the multitude of people who are simultaneously experiencing a cultural push towards individualism while their soul craves...
View ArticleThe Next Book You Need to Read
If you read one non-fiction book in the rest of 2014, it needs to be Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love and Parent. Daring Greatly is a...
View ArticleHow Do We Get to Generosity?
I shared a message on September 28, 2014 as a part of my church’s series, A Better Way. My message focused on Compassion, based on 1 Timothy 6:17-19. The title in the bulletin was Being Rich God’s Way...
View ArticlePlease take my 2014 reader survey!
I want to make my blog better and more relevant to your needs and interests. To do that, I need to know more about my readers – that’s you! As a result, I have created my 2014 Reader Survey. (No, not...
View ArticleI don’t want to just survive; I want to thrive!
Have you ever been through a season where you felt like “surviving” would have been a epic victory? You sloshed through it day-by-day hoping that the season would pass. You lost sleep, you sacrificed,...
View ArticleFriday Finds For Your Viewing Pleasure!
Notification: I commissioned my 2014 Reader Survey last Friday evening. The survey will close over the weekend. If you have not shared your feedback yet, I would love to hear from you. Click here to...
View Article10 Tweets About Community and Gratitude
I kicked off the Life Together series at my church recently. The series is about the way we build community and relate to one another. I spoke about Gratitude vs. Greed from Philippians 1:1-4. Because...
View ArticleI have a new home!
As many of you may have noticed, things have gotten quiet around here at The Joshua Collective. My posting schedule has been fairly erratic and inconsistent. While some of that has been due to the...
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