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December 2020

December 03, 2020

How to See Your Blindspots

As we enter the last month of what can be described as a tumultuous year,...

December 01, 2020

Why We Focus on the Spec in Their Eyes

Here is an uncomfortable idea: we are most bothered by our own sins revealed in...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

The Thankfulness Game

Life is an exercise in perseverance. If nothing else, 2020 has taught us that. Although...

November 24, 2020

Tackling the “What’s Next” Problem

For most of my life, I had three major goals. You might call them dreams;...

November 19, 2020

When Assessing Reality is Harder Than it Seems

When we train leaders, we tell them that although meaningful organizations (and individuals) have to start...

November 17, 2020

Why I’ve Stopped Trying to Change the World

I was reading a commentary on The Book of Proverbs a few days ago and...

November 12, 2020

Wisdom is Not an Age Thing

When I was a teenager (and also as a college student), I was hit with...

November 10, 2020

Sacrifice and Service

When I was a teenager, I went to Mexico on a mission trip with our...

November 05, 2020

The Dizzying Journey Between Exile and Return

There are two sides to the coin of human experience: pain and joy; consolation and...

November 03, 2020

The Process and Impact of Our Choices

Election day is one of the few days in American society where we truly feel...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

After The Fear Is Gone

We’d all love fear to be as playful as it is on Halloween. Of course,...

October 27, 2020

The Medicine of Courage and Consequences

I never loved the phrase “take your medicine”. We saw it in a movie recently...

October 22, 2020

The Value of Uncertainty

A few days ago, I was at a bookstore browsing titles having to do with...

October 20, 2020

After The Crossroads

A decision has been made. You reached a crossroad and selected a choice. You have...

October 15, 2020

The First Steps to Changing Your Life

We all want to be better. The human experience is a minefield of wrought emotions...

October 13, 2020

The Complicated Journey of Accepting Reality

We wake up every morning and open our groggy eyes. Slowly and sometimes with the...

October 08, 2020

The Anger of The American People

If there is one thing that defines the state of American society today, it is...

October 06, 2020

Regaining A Sense of Vision in Your Life

What are you doing today? Why? What is the purpose of your day? What do...

October 01, 2020

Stop Asking Yourself This Question

When I think about what derails my life, what causes me unnecessary pain, and what...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

How Intimacy Develops Through Suffering

Relationships are challenging. Just navigating the everyday minefield of expectations, little annoyance and grievances, and...

September 24, 2020

How to Bring Order to Your Relationship

There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to maintaining a healthy...

September 22, 2020

Perspective is Something You Choose

It is hard to tell what is true in this crazy world. We see biased...

September 15, 2020

How Does This Make You Feel?

A few weeks after our miscarriage, I started going to counseling. Like many Americans, I...

September 10, 2020

The Value and Danger of Routine

As much as we love adventure and excitement, human beings are creatures of habit. We...

September 08, 2020

What Questions Are You Asking Yourself

From the time we are babies, we are asking questions of the world around us....

September 03, 2020

The Value of Work

Too often, we view work as an obligation. A means to an end. A way...

September 01, 2020

Creating Crisis

Why do we wait until the last minute to do things? Why do we travel...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Engaging in Conflict When You Don’t Feel Like It

Conflict is never particularly fun (at least not for most people). But it is inevitable....

August 25, 2020

Reconciling Two Concepts of Time

My wife and I have spent a lot of time in a lot of foreign...

August 21, 2020

Take Your Rest With You

Life is such a difficult adventure. It is fun. It is infuriating. It is hard...