I’ve had one of those weeks where somebody you thought was a friend turns out to be worse than an enemy. I’ve got to be a little vague, because I don’t want it to seem like I’m gossiping. And for the record, I won’t gossip about it, let’s not go there, please don’t […]
Five Tips to Help You Grow, Develop, Flourish This has been one wild week. I have 2 publishers waiting on books that… keep getting pushed to the back burner. Aaaaagh. Yesterday I painted – my class is called “paint with a pro” and the teacher is awesome (here’s some of his work). Well it was […]
We all have times when we think our circumstances can’t change, or we think there’s no way this can work out. We have dreams no one else knows about, but we’re fairly sure they’ll remain just that: dreams. We struggle because we really secretly want that dream, or the change in that circumstance, or a […]
Spare the Rod… I’m long past the age where parenting is a part of my day. So I was surprised when I visited a message board and found a parent struggling with her choices and the “spare the rod, spoil the child” quote was thrown in her face. Surprised, because this argument was around when […]
We are all seekers. Whether you believe in God as Father, Mother, Earth, Universe, or some other entity, you’ve placed yourself in that boat with all the rest of us. We want truth. We want our lives to have meaning. We want to improve ourselves, our marriage, our homes and our lives. The list goes […]
Friday Five (on Tuesday!): 5 Tips for Ministering to the Homeless. Doing a homeless ministry was something I never imagined myself doing. I didn’t feel a special calling, and I suspected I lacked the appropriate skill set. But when a friend invited me to go with her to a local park one summer, I went […]
Filling the Holes in our Hearts Some time back I searched through a number of Christian blogs. I was looking for a tiny bit of encouragement, a message of hope, or an uplifting post. What I found was eleventy thousand posts all dealing with the negative and the hardships and the trouble with life. [Yes […]
Christians are making headlines! On Thursdays I will bring you news, books, and articles that I find thought provoking. Please share what you think of this new addition. (Oh. This is Wednesday. This week I’m ahead.) In The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated , author James Emery White questions why […]
Humility (NOUN) The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc. “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” James 4:10 Recently I was writing a piece on humility, and immediately the Lord went to work on me. You need to practice it yourself. Ugh. So, off I went to do even more research on the practice of being humble. […]