Archive for January 2020
What To Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do
What do you do when you feel . . . stuck? We all face questions without answers and problems for which there seem to be no good solutions. We look at our current reality and realize nothing within our power can change it. We can’t redo those years, erase the diagnosis, or completely heal that…
Read MoreDiscover the Best Use of Your Time
Do you ever look back on certain seasons of your life and wonder where all the time went? Have you ever thought, “How could I have wasted that much time?” or “Why didn’t I spend more time focusing on the most important areas of life?” We all know our time is limited and will run…
Read MoreHow to Be Rich
You may not feel rich, but most of us are richer than we think. In fact, if you can read this, you’re automatically rich by global standards. Yet most of us are terrible at being rich. The more money a person makes, the less they give away. Their time becomes consumed with managing their own…
Read MoreHow to Get What You Really Want
We’ve all gotten something we thought we wanted, only to discover…it wasn’t. The new car smell wore off, but the payments didn’t. The “right” person turned out to be just the “next” person. The “dream job” started to feel like…well…a job. What if there’s a way to break that cycle? There is. But it doesn’t…
Read MoreFive Reasons People Leave the Church
I’ve talked to, listened to, and read interviews, blogs, and books by dozens of folks who’ve left the Christian faith. I’ve yet to hear a story from anyone who abandoned Christianity based on anything directly related to Christianity—at least the original version, anyway. The decline of Christianity in America, the popularity of The New Atheists,…
Read MoreChristianity: What It Is and What It Isn’t
What comes to mind when you hear the word “religion”? What about “Christianity”? For some of us, the two brands are mutually exclusive. For others, they are one and the same. Our upbringings, personal experiences, and even our culture shape our perceptions of religion and Christianity. Too often, the picture doesn’t tell a very good…
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