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April 2026

April 23, 2026

How Do You Live Your Best Life?

When I say, "best life" I don't mean the version where everything works out and...

April 10, 2026

Stop Living in the Land of What If

I thought I had a plan. Not a vague idea. A real plan. Timelines. Decisions....

March 2026

March 14, 2026

What Happens When a Christian Keeps Failing?

What happens to a believer who keeps messing up or a leader who fails? That...

October 2025

October 07, 2025

The Masks We Hide Behind and the Face We Need

I was exploring a local thrift store the other day, the kind of place that...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

A New Year’s Resolution About Friendship Breakups

True friendship is a gift we sometimes take for granted. A devoted friend is a...

December 03, 2024

Lessons Learned From The Original Sister Wives

The story of Leah and Rachel, known to some as the “original sister wives,” is...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

What Our Reactions To Others Reveal About Ourselves

Have you noticed that the traits or behaviors we see, dislike, and criticize in others...

November 19, 2024

Family: The Other “F” Word That Sparks Either Joy or Terror

Family. One simple word, and a common word at that, but one “f” word that...

October 2024

October 15, 2024

Reflections On Loss And The Unstoppable Reality Of Change

Everything changes—every relationship, human system and structure, organization, organism, and cell in our body. Even...

October 01, 2024

Surviving The Storms: When Life’s Pain Feels Unbearable

Life is hard sometimes. I don’t mean splinter-in-your-finger hard. I mean, you’re in so much...

September 2024

September 15, 2024

Broken But Not Defeated: Finding Hope In The Darkness

We are all wounded. All. Of. Us. I’m not bringing this up to minimize my poor...

August 2024

August 20, 2024

Beliefs That Bamboozle And Betray Us

Most of us have a plethora of lies etched into our souls. As a result...

July 2024

July 30, 2024

How To Deal With Depression Before It Deals With You

Is it possible that God wants to use our pain, even our self-inflicted agony and...

July 23, 2024

Why You Mustn’t Live In The Land Of What Ifs

People who constantly stress about what-ifs are problematic because they typically go to a place of worry...

July 02, 2024

The Unmasked And Naked Truth About Humans

Our way of life is far from perfect on this side of eternity. The unmasked...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

What To Do When A Relationship Is Broken

Relationships make life worth living despite stress or a less-than-fun situation. The importance of relationships...

June 19, 2024

You Don’t Have To Like Me

The desire to be liked and approved by others runs deep in most of us—maybe...

May 2024

May 15, 2024

Why Weird Is Wonderful (Seriously)

No one is truly normal. Everyone has quirks. Everybody has something somewhere in their past...

May 08, 2024

Why Defining Moments Matter For All Of Us

Defining moments in life can happen fast and unexpectedly or result from something planned. Perhaps...

May 03, 2024

What You Must Remember About Getting Old(ish)

We, collectively as a nation, are getting older—much older. About one in four people fall...

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