"Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear a path." Sara Blakely The thing I like about storms is the calmness that comes after. Before as the storms build there is howling wind, driving rain, and booming thunder. But after the storm passes as the sun comes out, there is just …
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How should I respond to a church leader's moral failure? Do I leave the church? Do I take it personally and get upset that they let me down? Do I never speak to them again? Or is there another way? If you have kids, think about how you respond to them when they get into …
The news headlines seem riddled with pastors falling from grace due to some moral failure. But it's not just pastors that have these struggles, it happens all the time to church members as well. When you hear about the "hidden" sin you are left just shaking your head and asking, "How did this happen?" I …
“Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor...Then come, follow me.” “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” The biblical stories of the rich young ruler and blind Bartimaeus are found in Mark 10. In both stories, Jesus gives the command to both men to "go" and neither obeys. In the story …
A dad is supposed to love and lead his family. In Christianity, fathers are called to "not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." A dad's role is to train up children who will go out into the world and be productive member's of society. Ultimately, the son(s) will take the mantle …
"Are you being driven or dragged by something?.. Most of our lives are dragged by insecurity and shame. They are not driven by ambition." -Steven Bartlett Steven goes on to say that being dragged isn't necessarily a completely bad thing because many people have gone on to do great things in response to the shame …
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com "The night ended with me disciplining a kid because of their poor attitude. What would you have done?" I was recently out to lunch with a wise friend of mine (it's probably because he is a doctor but not a real doctor…haha) and we were talking about life and …
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Have you ever had a day that starts off wrong and is just downhill the rest of the day? I just had one of those days and unfortunately, it was also my son's birthday. For some reason I had turned my alarms off so I woke up an hour later than usual and it was …
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"Find the answer on Google, forget it tomorrow. Find the answer in yourself, remember it forever." JT Zahradnik The other day I talked about the idea that "no one is coming to rescue you" and few days later I found myself in that exact type of situation. We are working on a house that I …
Do you remember in the movie Apollo 13 (which was based on the real life story) how the astronauts had to figure out how to make it back to earth after experiencing ship failures? Even thought they had the help of NASA back on earth, it was up to the crew of Apollo 13 to …