Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Victorious Living

Home
Family, Parenting and Religion

perspective

Select a Category Choices Conflict Resolution Culture Change Emotions Failure Faith Fear Freedom V Growth Healthy Communication Hope Identity Influence Leadership Learn Mistakes Mood Curve Ownership Perspective Power Relationships Self-Awareness Self-Governance Systems Thinking Three Things You Control Transformational Leadership Trust Truth Uncategorized Values Vision

Select a Month January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017

March 2021

March 09, 2021

Vats and Storehouses: The Key to Abundance and Content

I am currently working on a commentary of The Book of Proverbs for thebiblesays.com and...

March 05, 2021

How Uncertainty Invites Us Into Clarity

My friend recently introduced me to The Twilight Zone. The original ones from the early...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Inspecting My Lens, Questioning My Perspective

Every single day, I wake up with a set of metaphorical goggles over my eyes....

February 09, 2021

How Things that Affect Me Impact The Way I Affect Things

I realize the title is a mouthful, so you have either decoded it or are...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

Progressing Through Conflict Without Destroying One Another

Conflict is one of the most challenging of human enterprises. It happens when expectations are...

January 19, 2021

Why Morals Are Not Enough

American society is in a right-and-wrong tug-o-war. We are wrestling with one another. We are...

January 12, 2021

The Motivation of An Imagined Future

I don’t really like time travel movies. It feels like they don’t really work through...

January 07, 2021

Why More Really is the Answer

More gets a bad wrap. People like me are always writing and raving about the...

January 05, 2021

Our Unjust System of Weights and Measures

We often talk about reality TV shows as “guilty pleasures”. I must confess there are...

December 2020

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 10, 2020

Sacrifice and Service

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

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 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...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

Perspective is Something You Choose

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

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Spinning Plates of Purpose

Life is a game of spinning plates. We are all like a circus octopus trying...

July 23, 2020

Everyone Has A Boardroom and Emotion Is Just One Member

I recently read the book Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull. It is a great read and I...

July 16, 2020

How Baby Steps and Giant Leaps Transform Your Life

It is easy to focus on what is “wrong” around us. Our situations and circumstances,...

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 30, 2020

Gratitude is Key to Happiness

Whether we are talking about an individual’s sense of satisfaction or an organization’s sense of...

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...

June 02, 2020

The Dangers of Getting Your Way

Like anybody else, I love getting my way. I celebrate when circumstances turn out the...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

How Far Should We Follow Our Feelings?

I saw an ad recently about how to handle our emotions. It suggested the way...

May 26, 2020

What Story Are You Going To Tell?

It has always been a dream of mine to be a fiction writer, a la...

May 14, 2020

What To Do About Pain

Every day we feel some semblance of pain. From agony, torture and tragedy to discomfort,...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

What If You Didn’t Have To Be Perfect?

I was working through a Biblical commentary on Genesis this week for a work project...

April 03, 2020

The Epicenter of Pandemic: COVID-19

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

February 2020

February 27, 2020

How to Survive the Winter Gloom

Every year, I get a case of the winter glooms. Some years it is mild...

February 06, 2020

The Value of Suffering Together

During our struggles with infertility, we have discovered the value of suffering together. As our story...