Adam Holz

A number of years ago, I was helping lead a 20-something singles group at a church when a new pastor arrived and cryptically began to hint that he wasn’t sure he wanted our group around. Gradually, it became clear that he wasn’t going to get behind wha …

The other day I was doing some research related to financial investment when I came across an author who dismissed a particularly speculative money-making opportunity as “hopium.” Now, I’d never seen that word before, and it kind of captured my imagina …

  Last week my family and I celebrated the Fourth of July at a cookout with my wife’s parents. We had already spent a couple lazy hours at our local pool with our three kiddos, and next up on the agenda was hanging out at Grandpa and Grandma’s pla …

I met my wife April 27, 2003 — the old-fashioned way. Actually, that’s a bit of a lie. We’d been introduced by a mutual friend two years before. But my wife doesn’t even remember that meeting. That day in 2003, we bumped into each other again standing …

Once upon a time when people chose to get married, they did so with the understanding that the marital vows they made were a solemn commitment, an inviolable covenant to stay married, no matter what. It was a promise sealed with vows we’ve all heard ma …

If you’ve been a Christian for any time at all, you’ve likely heard some teaching (in church, at a retreat) about God’s loving character. But when the service ends or when we come back down the mountain from the retreat center into what we colloquially …

A moment one morning last week in the Holz household. Screenplay style. The scene: Daddy’s up and getting ready for the day (making coffee, getting everyone’s lunches ready, etc.) Henry, 6, trundles down the stairs: “Hey, Dad.” Dad: “Morning, Henry.” H …