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January 2022

January 13, 2022

Avoiding Choices

I have seen a few social media posts recently that say, “No resolutions for me...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

Weep and Worship

Our first IVF cycle recently failed and we have received an abundance of well-wishes from...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

Discerning the Voice of God

One of the hallmarks of the Christian walk is obedience. Following the voice of God....

September 09, 2021

The Light in the Tunnel

We often talk about the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel”, the hope...

June 2021

June 01, 2021

Time and Chance

I have spent the better part of my life trying to figure out how this...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

My Agency in My Own Safety

There are few things as hotly contested in today’s world than the idea of personal...

March 2021

March 18, 2021

Reflections on The Happenings of a Year

It has been a full year since the Coronavirus pandemic manifested in full and a...

February 2021

February 18, 2021

How to Become the Chooser

There is a great tension in every human soul between what happens to us and...

February 02, 2021

What Groundhog Day Has to Say About Patterns and Hope

Today is Groundhog Day. The one day a year Americans put their jovial hope in...

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,...

September 2020

September 01, 2020

Creating Crisis

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

July 2020

July 07, 2020

An Adventure in Non-Avoidance

I really value harmony. I don’t like conflict or division. It is like nails on...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

What To Do When Circumstances Attack

It's a strange time to be alive. There are so many things that are outside...

April 2020

April 03, 2020

The Epicenter of Pandemic: COVID-19

One of the things we are hearing in the midst of this pandemic is people...

July 2019

July 01, 2019

The Humbling Power of Reality

Reality can be a cold hard truth. Whether we realize it or not, we are...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Trial by Circumstance

Humans live in a constant state of fear. We are worried. Stressed. Scared. We have...

June 24, 2019

Finding Your Way When Circumstances Cloud Your Vision

It has been rainy lately here in New York and it reminds me of the...

June 19, 2019

You Want Control? You Got It!

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

March 2019

March 13, 2019

It Is Hard to Be a Human

It has been a hard week in the Willis house. I like to think we...

March 01, 2019

Consequences Are a Moving Target

Beginning in early childhood and lasting our entire lives, learning the consequences for our behavior...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

Making The Most Of Our Circumstances

Everyday, without fail, things happen. Life is a long list of events. Circumstances are the...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

There is No Rescue From The Arena of Circumstances

When painful circumstances strike, we all have the same initial impulse. We’ve got to fix...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Seeing Job in the Mirror

It’s been a challenging week for us. The circumstances seem to be piling up. We...

February 2018

February 05, 2018

Circumstances are Nothing More than Terrain for the Journey

We give our circumstances too much power. We hand them the keys to the kingdom...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

How Miscarriage Parted The Sea of My Faith

I knew it would be sad. I knew it would be hard to talk about....