Reflections
Encouragement for whatever season you’re in
Honest thoughts from Melvin on faith, family, community, purpose, and loyalty — a longer reflection on each, with shorter pieces alongside. Drawn from a lifetime of stories and from his book, Live on Purpose.
Faith
Trusting the God who provides.
A faith that holds when everything shakes
Provision, fear, and the God who feeds the birds — what I've learned about a faith that stands when the ground doesn't.
Read the reflectionFamily
A hard beginning, and a hopeful home.
The family that faith built
A shack on a muddy road, ten of us, loving parents, and the truth of God's Word that turned our whole life around.
Read the reflectionCommunity
No one was meant to do life alone.
No one was meant to do life alone
Community is bigger than the walls we're born inside — and we are pearls that do together what we could never do apart.
Read the reflectionPurpose
Building a life on what holds.
What it means to live on purpose
Living on purpose is operating in God's plan — and building your life, home, and relationships on a foundation that holds.
Read the reflectionLoyalty
The quiet strength of faithfulness.
The quiet strength of loyalty
A child is known by his doing. On faithfulness, keeping your word, and the kind of diligence that turns effort into pure gold.
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These reflections are just a few pages of a longer testimony. Melvin’s book, Live on Purpose, is yours with a gift of $10 or more.
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