This is a note from Christian author, Brett Blair, concerning his book launch for children: Easter is almost here and many of you will be creating your own Easter baskets and each year it gets a little harder to come up with gifts for those baskets. Well, here is the perfect gift: The Creator’s Toy Chest series of books. The Creator’s Toy Chest An Ark in the Dark Big Shot Sling Shot Dan for Dinner Today is launch day and... Read more

My friend Phil Cooke has come out with a new book co-authored with Jonathan Bock called The Way Back: How Christians Blew Our Credibility and How We Get It Back. I caught up with Phil to talk about his new book. Enjoy! As all authors know, readers have limited time and limited money. So when they want to know what an author’s book is about, what they are really asking is, “How does your book benefit me? Why do I... Read more

Gossip is a problem among many Christians. Amy Tori has written a guest article about gossip in the workplace. Enjoy! — Gossip in the workplace doesn’t always have malicious intent, as some of it can revolve around company news, curiosity and rumors. Regardless, gossiping in general comes with many consequences. It can spread throughout the workplace and have a lasting negative impact. To show just how toxic gossip can be, here are a dozen business owners to explain the various... Read more

Listen to the audio version here. Listen to the video version here. Get the whole series on THE DEEPER CHRISTIAN LIFE NETWORK below. Read more

While I no longer use Instagram, many of you do. Hence, this article. This is a guest post by Amy Tori on six Instagram tips for Christians. — With social media becoming more and more utilized in today’s society, it is becoming increasingly easier for different types of people to share their content and view that of others. With this increased connectivity, stumbling across malicious or harmful content has become startingly simple. However, we as Christians can do something to... Read more

Back story to the song and video. In 2012, I delivered a message to a Christian community entitled Living in the Divine Parenthesis. The night before I brought the message, I wrote a song as a companion to the talk which I entitled, “He Has Anointed Us.” The lyrics are based on Luke 4:16-20 and Ephesians 1:18 through 2:18. I wrote the song to the tune of Wavin’ Flag by K’naan — a song that Leonard Sweet turned me onto when I visited him in his... Read more

If you follow mainstream Christianity, you undoubtedly have heard about the Internet conference called the Nines. Leadership Network kindly invited me to speak at the Nines in 2012, but the invitation came at a bad time. I was overwhelmed with a pending writing deadline and I was traveling and speaking at other events. So I wasn’t able to accept the invitation. I heard that Sweet also declined it the same year. After that, I’ve never heard about the NINES. I... Read more

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What up wit dat? If the Mayans turn out to be right . . . thanks for everything. It’s been real. If not (and I suspect they were wrong), I’ll catch your act tomorrow. 😉 Read more

Over the weekend, I spent some time with a fellow author and friend. In the course of our conversation, he asked me about my writing process. I went into some of it (I go into it in far more detail here), and then we got into the fact that I try to do most of my writing standing up rather than sitting down. Research tells us that sitting is the new smoking. Check out this infographic that explains why sitting... Read more