Are you a fixer? Do you look for ways to help others? Do you ever feel compelled to jump into someone else’s struggle to help them get through it quicker or easier? I know that I tend this way. A lot of us do. It’s probably one of the reasons I’m a pastor. I feel Read more about Room to Grow[…]
Transition. Change. New. Different. Depending on who you are, and how you’ve been wired, these terms can elicit feelings of great excitement and eager anticipation, or deep dread and strong apprehension. Some of us, much more than others, appreciate the kind of consistency and steadiness that allows much of life to unfold in ways that seem reasonable Read more about Transition and Formation[…]
There is a lot of hurt and pain in our world. It seems there always has been. And yet, there are some days when it feels much closer to home. When the weight of it all seems to be bearing down us in ways that cause us to stumble and fall. Much of it, I Read more about Fear and Hate[…]
There are some lessons in life that we can only learn by walking down the painful path before us. As creatures who prefer comfort, however, I think we are prone to missing a lot of these lessons. Why? Precisely because we are so obsessed with our own comforts that we will do everything possible to forgo Read more about Life, The Classroom[…]
Have you ever been there? Wondering if somehow God has forgotten you… somehow grown blind to your current set of circumstances and present suffering… misplaced your assignment… or even worse, given up on you? It can be a desperate and lonely place to find yourself. I know, because I find myself in one of those seasons. Read more about Forgotten by God?[…]