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November 2024

November 18, 2024

Gratitude in Worship: Three Practices from Psalm 100

Last week, I blogged and examined the role of gratitude in the workplace through the...

November 15, 2024

Gratitude in the Workplace: Three Practices From Daniel 6

In our fast-paced world, it's easy to lose sight of the importance of gratitude, especially...

November 09, 2024

A Journey of Gratitude: Tri Robinson’s Call to Slow Down

In a world filled with noise, constant distraction, upward mobility, bad stewardship, and the relentless...

August 2024

August 14, 2024

Reflecting God’s Goodness Through Work and Stillness

This Lead a Quiet Life blog on Patheos focuses on a life lived in light...

July 2024

July 14, 2024

Living in a Divided World: A Call to Faithful Presence

On Saturday, violent acts were carried out against an individual who is a former president...

June 2024

June 17, 2024

Simplest Influence: Father’s Day and the Power of Presence

This past weekend we celebrated Father’s Day, a day in which we as dads also...

June 01, 2024

Beyond Materialism: Parenting What it Means to Live Simply

Today, June 1, is the Global Day of Parents. The Global Day of Parents is...

May 2024

May 11, 2024

Lead a Quiet Life: A Costly and Sacrificial Way of Living

In pursuing what it means to ambitiously lead a quiet life, we find it is...

May 05, 2024

6 Proverbs for Ambitiously Leading a Quiet Life

This week I found myself reflecting on six profound sayings from the book of Proverbs...

April 2024

April 21, 2024

Finding Sanctuary: Embracing Authenticity in Small Church

On April 1, I celebrated two years as the pastoral leader at River Corner Church,...

April 09, 2024

Focused: A Secondary Wisdom in 1 Thessalonians 4:11

This week, I have been reflecting on a secondary wisdom of minding our own business...

March 2024

March 23, 2024

Be Apart: Navigating the Tempest of Busyness with George Fox

If you are not familiar with the name George Fox, I offer a small and...

March 05, 2024

Journeying Through Lent: An Invitation to Inventory

The church is in the Lent season, a period of reflection, repentance, and preparation leading...

February 2024

February 23, 2024

Embracing Downward Mobility: Choosing A Different Success

Downward Mobility? For generations, upward mobility has defined the American Dream. Upward mobility defines the...

December 2023

December 17, 2023

Embracing the Unfinished Journey: Insight from Martha & Mary

Sometimes when I come home and look at the many repairs that I need to...

November 2023

November 19, 2023

Embracing Tranquility: The Art of Minding Your Own Business

This week, as I took time to contemplate the "art of minding your own business,"...

October 2023

October 30, 2023

12 Scriptures That Help Us to Lead A Quiet Life

In my previous post, I shared 12 quotes that offer an understanding of what it...

October 25, 2023

12 Quotes That Help Us to Lead A Quiet Life

Through this blog, I have started the journey towards a quiet life by studying Paul’s...

October 14, 2023

Embracing Stillness: Paul’s Prophetic Call to a Quiet Life

The call to live a quiet life may feel both appealing and impossible in the...