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December 2021

December 23, 2021

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

So, Christmas is a couple days away, but I doubt you need me to remind...

November 2021

November 16, 2021

Good Guys and Bad Guys

There are a lot of ways a good guy, bad guy narrative can be beneficial....

November 04, 2021

Searching for Reality: Daylight Savings

When I was a kid, the idea of daylight savings was completely bizarre to me....

October 2021

October 26, 2021

What Is This Really About?

I read an interesting article today about the various angles of hypocrisy (spoiler: there are...

October 05, 2021

Alignment and Consistency within the Confusion and Chaos

So much of my time is spent trying to figure out what to do. What...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Power Dynamics

Power is, well, a powerful thing. The way we think about, pursue, and use power...

September 23, 2021

Discerning the Voice of God

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

September 21, 2021

Choosing Your Base: How Foundation Affects Perspective, Attitude, Action

There is a lot to unpack in our modern world when it comes to perspective....

September 16, 2021

How Oliver Got His Name

All of us are striving to be people of power. What we really want with...

September 14, 2021

The Character Piece

We are a competitive people. We like to win. The feeling of victory is unlike...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

More to Say

Today marks the 500th Victorious Living blog and it has me reflecting on all of...

August 19, 2021

What Are You Setting Aside?

Recently, I was sharing with some friends of mine about how I often feel “set...

August 12, 2021

What We’re Not Saying

It is a hard truth to wrap our heads around: that somewhere between 70 and...

July 2021

July 15, 2021

The Mysterious Connection Between Risk and Truth

Discovering, let alone accepting, truth is a difficult task. More difficult than we acknowledge. It...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

Hypocrisy and Blind Spots

There is a lot of partisan squabbling and finger pointing going on in the world...

June 24, 2021

A Vacation From Fear and Anxiety

We recently went on a vacation to Wyoming. The timing was perfect; we flew out...

June 22, 2021

The Consequences of Getting Away With It

When we are faced with negative consequences, one of our natural tendencies is to ask...

June 17, 2021

The Difference Between Emancipation and Liberation

Before recent world events, I was one of those people who did not know anything...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

The Characteristics of a Treasure

We are all searching for some kind of treasure. Something that suddenly propels us to...

May 13, 2021

Are You Being Truthful With Yourself?

We all love the concept of truth. Nobody likes being deceived or lied to. We...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

What Is Grace and Why Our World Needs More of It

I have seen more and more the misuse of the concept of grace. We too...

March 23, 2021

An In-Between Life

I have been working recently on a science fiction novel–the White Whale of my writing...

March 16, 2021

Why We are Poor and Dangerous Avengers

Back in Old Testament times, the ancient Israelites set up cities to protect those who...

March 11, 2021

Losing Our Ability to Perceive

It is no real secret that the world is going bonkers. Not exactly a hot...

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 18, 2021

How to Become the Chooser

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

February 16, 2021

Inspecting My Lens, Questioning My Perspective

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

January 2021

January 26, 2021

The Truth Behind Our Creative Expressions

As a writer, I generally consider myself a creative person. I think all of us...

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 14, 2021

Long Live The Dream

It has been nearly sixty years since Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared “I have...