This week, I want to dive into a memory lane moment that’s been tugging at my heartstrings, all centered around a term we’re all too familiar with — bullying. But, I’m not just talking about the kind we remember from the playground; I’m eyeing its more grown-up, yet equally damaging counterpart in our adult lives.
Fighting for your beliefs without demonizing each other.
We can fight for our beliefs without demonizing each other. Not everyone knows this, apparently.
True Friendship: Love Beyond
Being a friend doesn’t always mean filling the void with words. Sometimes, it means understanding the importance of silence, recognizing when it’s time to speak, and when it’s time to simply listen.
43 years of married bliss – and 43 lessons learned.
Time to dust off the marital playbook and reflect on the 43-year long journey I’ve spent tripping, stumbling, and occasionally sprinting towards marital bliss.
Restoring Hope in Relationships: Journeying Through the Tough Terrain of Heartbreak and Reconciliation
Broken relationships are an unfortunate but real part of life. They can leave you feeling lost, shattered, and questioning your own self-worth.
Recovering from disappointment.
Disappointment. Show of hands – who enjoys being disappointed? I don’t see any. I’m appalled. I thought everyone likes being disappointed and let down. This, of course, is a poking the bear kind of question, and if you’ve read my stuff for any length of time, you know I have an agenda. Disappointment is absolutely […]
Friends are friends forever (or do they need to be?)
When it comes to friends, even forever friends, my stomach for uncomfortable social situations is a lot worse than it used to be. Are friends friends forever? Do they even need to be? The pandemic has done a job on us, so it’s time for some dispassionate analysis.
When you just don’t care anymore.
“I don’t care” is an alien phrase for me. Lord knows that I tend to care too much, if that’s possible. Or, maybe, I don’t care in the way I should.
I don’t have many friends.
Don’t judge when I say I don’t have many friends. For me, that’s a virtue, and even contributes to my well-being. For that elite group who gets this, today’s blog is for you.
The Hipster Southern Baptist Convention: Inside Baseball
I hadn’t planned on saying much about the SBC, simply because of my thinking that it would be of limited interest, especially to non-Southern Baptists.
But I’ve received a significant number of requests to talk about it, to share my take, and see if there are any universal encouragements to be found there.
Who’s on first?
Who’s on first? For most folks – at least those of us of a certain age – that phrase conjured up memories of one of the all-time classic comedy sketches which sprung from the comedic team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Many, many years ago, my son Jeremy and I went through an obsessive […]