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June 2019

June 21, 2019

Thanks Emotions. I’ll Take It From Here

We treat our emotions like they are everything there is, the end. We want to...

June 19, 2019

You Want Control? You Got It!

We all want control. The reason we are frustrated, the reason we make mistakes, and...

June 17, 2019

The Cult of More

Why do we want what we already have? I was on the subway the other...

June 14, 2019

4 Essential Ways to Love Your Spouse

It is relatively easy to be attracted to someone. It is something else to love them. There...

June 12, 2019

Learning to Fail

We work with college students and I was in youth ministry for ten years before...

June 10, 2019

What’s Holding You Back?

I was watching one of those shows recently where people have to go through a...

June 07, 2019

How to Navigate Seasons of Transition

Every relationship (every person) goes through seasons of transition. We move. We become engaged, get...

June 05, 2019

Believe It or Not, You Have the Time

A lot of us use the common excuse “I don’t have time” in a myriad...

June 03, 2019

How to Make a Choice

I was reading a book recently that talked about Adam and Eve’s choice in the...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

My Turn to Talk

One of the biggest problems in our world is a breakdown in communication. Everyone is dying...

May 29, 2019

The Counter-Intuitive Path to Freedom

For Americans, there is perhaps nothing more defining and nothing more important than the concept...

May 27, 2019

How to Recognize What Is Influencing You

A few days ago, two things happened in the same hour that caused me to...

May 24, 2019

Suffering is Your Litmus Test

Nobody likes suffering. It is the worst part of being human. The most confusing. The most...

May 22, 2019

4 Creative Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage

Celebration is important. We tend to replicate what we esteem. Our relationships can become a...

May 20, 2019

Why Do We Bother With Relationships?

Almost every human is actively pursuing relationship. We like having friends. We are desperate for...

May 17, 2019

The Secret to True Greatness

Everybody wants to be great. We want lives of importance. Lives that matter and impact...

May 15, 2019

Abundance Redefined

Humans are made for abundance. But the question is “an abundance of what?” Life’s greatest...

May 13, 2019

Change Your Patterns

Today I went to wash my hands in the restroom and discovered they moved the...

May 10, 2019

Why You Need Community

In our modern society, we are becoming more and more agitated with one another. We...

May 08, 2019

The Struggle For Consistency

I had a friend once say to me, “I just want to be a consistent...

May 06, 2019

Searching For Miracles

Our church is going through an existential identity crisis and one of the side effects...

May 03, 2019

Measuring the Other Side of Conflict

If you’re anything like me, you often leave a conflict and wonder if you are...

May 01, 2019

Truth is More Complicated Than You Think

There are few things more powerful and more important than the truth. Whether it be...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

Focus and Effectiveness

A few weeks ago, I was watching a documentary on the 1998 New York Yankees,...

April 26, 2019

The Test of True Humility

As far as moral attributes go, humility is one of the toughest to access. On...

April 24, 2019

They Are Hurting Just As Much As You Are

One of the side-affects of my patterned thinking is that I start to think the world revolves...

April 22, 2019

In The Clefts

There is a story in the Bible where Moses asks to see God’s glory. The...

April 19, 2019

Why is Good Friday Good?

As a Christian who has spent most of my life in church, I’ve often wondered...

April 17, 2019

What Triggers You, Why, and How to Respond

Our emotions belong to us. As much as we try to pawn them off on...

April 15, 2019

The Opportunity of Chaos

We spend a good chunk of our energy trying to avoid chaos. We try to...