There are some things that take up too much headspace for me – specifically, things that are out of my control. I realized when I started writing this particular blog that I had way too much to share in just one sitting. So this will be continued next time, okay? (Teaser!) Fact is, there are […]
Welcome to uncertain times.
Uncertain times. Would you consider the days we live in uncertain times? I watch the news, sometimes … if you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I encourage you in uncertain times to back away from that 24-hour news cycle. It will work on you. It will diminish your […]
Love all. Serve all. Be mistreated.
Love all, serve all, be mistreated. My goodness. There’s all sorts of irony in the title of this blog. When I cobble these posts together, I purposefully try to be as broad as I can for people all along the faith spectrum. Most of the time, I’m writing what I want to hear for myself. […]
Hard lessons I’ve learned in the last year.
Life is full of hard lessons, now isn’t it? This should be self-evident, but we could probably save ourselves a lot of grief if we’d just simply chill. What I’ll share with you today falls in that vein. This pondering on hard lessons might strike you as defeatist. I’ll go with it anyway; you may […]
Finding rest.
If finding rest from the worry and the bustle of the world is something you seek, then I have some amazing thoughts for you.
The judge and the hero.
Yes, I’m guilty. Yes, I am forgiven.
Yes, You judge me. Yes, You cleanse me.
Yes, I deserve Your wrath. Yes, Jesus takes the full force of it.
4 reasons God allows you to suffer.
Why does God allow you (and me) to suffer? We are going to suffer in this world. Count on that. We don’t have to wish it on ourselves – that’s sort of weird – but we need to be ready for it.
3 Ways To Get Unstuck
Are you stuck and need to be unstuck? The thing is – life doesn’t stand still. You are either growing or decaying. You are either stuck (which means you need to get unstuck) or moving along.
Do you enjoy conspiracy theories?
So, conspiracy theories. Do you enjoy them? If you do, you’re probably the happiest you’ve ever been.
6 ways to make a better life.
Who wouldn’t want a better life? It can be yours. What was it the old preacher said? “Put the hay where the sheep can get to it.” Maybe today you’re feeling sheepish, and need some good hay. I hope this’ll fit the bill.
5 ways to fix your attitude.
You ever have one of those weeks when it seems like the cosmos is conspiring against you? That hammers your attitude. It gives you an excuse to have a bad one.
Cruising through chaos, revisited.
Some time back I developed a workshop/course called Cruising Through Chaos. My intent was to equip folks with the proper emotional, mental, and spiritual tools to not only survive the chaos we find ourselves in, but to even thrive in the midst of it.