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A study came out a couple of years ago that highlighted the difference between those who bounce back after adversity and those who don’t. Bounce-back people see challenges in adversity and maintain a “can do” attitude, while remaining focused on those things in life that are bigger than they. Those who don’t bounce back tend to be self-focused and negative thinkers.The differences between the two are seen across the board, with those facing major tragedy and minor. If you can

Mark Twain once quipped, “A lie can get half-way around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” And Mark Twain never lived to see the internet!Just think about a couple of highly promoted claims that have become almost universally believed. First, the statement that The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object that can be viewed from space. What!? Granted, it’s a very large structure, but while it is really long, it is not very wide, not even as wide as

I was in tears in front of my computer watching an 18 year-old exemplifying Jesus.His older brother, Botham, was his best friend. But that best friend’s life was quickly ended by the careless actions of Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas police officer, who entered the wrong apartment, and thinking that Botham was burglarizing her home, shot and killed him. She was allegedly distracted by a phone call with her partner, a married man with whom she was having an affair. She heard

Patience is a virtue and slower is usually more steady. But sometimes, the worst thing you can do is to go slow. I learned that the hard way.I used to love watching motocross on TV and the motorcycle stunts and jumps they showed on ABC’s Wide World of Sports when I was a kid. My favorite was Evil Knievel. I dreamed of doing jumps like his.During spring break one year (I was 7 or 8), I spent the week at my Uncle Ralph’s farm. I brought my bike, but found that there were not to

“What does God want me to do?” It’s one of the most common questions I’m asked in counseling. I can’t always give specific answers. I can give Biblical principles to help with decisions, and often, there are simple Bible answers. But most of the time, making good decisions flow from an understanding of God’s values, goals, and wisdom.But there is a statement from an obscure Old Testament prophet that can guide us through almost every decision. “He has told you, O man, what is

I was riding in a car with a friend who was driving on a field, surveying property, when we came across a muddy depression. He hesitated, and slowing down in the mud, the car stopped. He tried gunning it but the wheels just spun. He put it in reverse, then they spun backwards. I got out and tried to push, and you can guess what happened. I simply got muddy myself. We were stuck. We could not go forward. We could not go backward. An hour or so later, it took a tractor to get u

Just a year and a half ago, we launched our second campus, The Bridge Randhurst. Today, we are a week away from launching our third, The Bridge Northside. Why? People have asked me, “Don’t you have enough going on, Scott?”Well, I’m not bored. And yes, I have enough going on in my life and ministry. But this is not about me. It’s not about the rest of our staff, our elders, or even you. This is about Jesus and what he told us to do 2,000 years ago in his final instructions be

I’ve been digitizing our family videos so that they are on a more permanent and up-to-date media. Most of them I had not seen since we taped them. It sure brings back memories of parenting. I miss those years.Because our lifestyle was so closely tied into the church, a lot of those videos were church functions and gatherings with other families with kids around the same age as ours. There were lots of campouts with other families, parties, Awana and youth activities, and just

Forget the tightrope, I can’t balance on a stationary balance beam. It’s funny, when it’s close to the ground, I can run right across for yards, without any trouble. But put it up in the air a few feet, and I’ll topple off by my third step. There’s something about increase risk that unnerves us.Then you think about balancing on and walking a wire suspended in the air. The trouble with tightropes is that, even when as taut as possible, they move. Now you are trying to keep you

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Thursday was a good day. Junior hosted a one day get-away with our Bridge teachers for a mini-retreat, to build camaraderie, talk ministry philosophy, and go over Bridge teaching parameters. We had breakfast in a small town diner, went kayaking, cooked brats and burgers over an open fire, and did a lot of talking. But from the moment we brought up kayaking, one of our teaching team members began to exhibit a lot of anxiety. James was born and raised in Nigeria and has lived o