Author: Paul Santhouse

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I’m also a husband, father, and grandpa. And I’m part of the Moody Publishers* team. Since I've worked with books for nearly four decades, and I believe the local church is where we become the kind of people Jesus would be in our shoes, that's mostly what this blog is about. Thanks for visiting. Paul *As this is my personal blog, the views and opinions expressed herein are my own, not those of my employer.

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When you walk in the city you wear earbuds and seldom see people. They’re all around, but you don’t really see them. Which is why I was so moved by this story from an old friend. Last Friday afternoon, I realized we didn’t have all the ingredients we needed for the “build your own burrito” event […]

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Prayer isn’t just about praying. It helps you know God. What are His interests? Which promises can be claimed? How does He view your needs, or the needs of others? Prayer also brings wisdom. It’s a window into eternity, helping us see what matters, what’s real, and what lasts. And it involves the Word, which provides […]

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Check this out — something good about church kids from the newspaper! In the past several years more than a few professors . . . have noticed an occasional bright light shining out from the dull, party-going, anti-intellectual masses who stare back at them from class to class. … Young religious people have been made […]

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The Pentagon ordered new trucks. Base price: $437,000. Comfortably equipped (weapons, stealth paint, etc.): $1 million. Not long ago, the government shipped 5,000 of these to make a difference in another country. Simple math puts that at $5 billion. Let’s say you had $5 billion to spend on making a difference in another country. How would […]

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Who should be shepherding the students in your church? Mom and Dad? You? The village? Yes. (Psalm 22:30-31; 78:4; 145:4; Hebrews 13:17; and so on) But it won’t just happen. The guys who founded The Navigators worked relentlessly to figure out the best training for each new believer (Colossians 1:28-29), and they taught them how […]