Why is it so much easier for us to take a look at our lives and realize we need to simplify at the beginning of a new year? It’s as if January 1st signifies this need to purge. We cut back our food intake and focus our schedules. And that’s me, like a lot of you — longing for the simple,… Read More
when everyone else has a dream and your purpose seems a blur.
It’s that time of year where you look around and everyone seems to have new goals and purpose. Aren’t you so happy for them? However, for many of us, it is not that clear. We wonder where we are going and what we are doing with our lives. It seems we have spent the past flailing around flapping our wings… Read More
9 things I learned in 2014.
It’s always remarkable looking back on the past. Hindsight does give a perspective. The days that once seemed long and even unproductive now are sweet memories with evidence of fruit in the time you sowed. I hope you have taken time to reflect. Here’s 3 simple way to help you, if you haven’t. There are such precious lessons tucked away… Read More
how to review your past year in 3 easy steps.
It’s that time of year — Christmas is over and the birth of a new year is just days a way. Something seems to happen within my soul in these few days. First, my eagerness for planning begins to take form. Then second, I seem to mourn over the year past wondering if any good came of it. Can you… Read More
when teenage girls write letters to prostitutes.
I woke up with a few questions to ask you: Have you ever wondered what you’d say to a girl out on the streets? Maybe you’ve tried to form words in your mind, but yet they seem to stumble and roll clumsily around in your brain not making any sense? Maybe you’ve never thought a lick about it? Friday Nights. Every Friday… Read More
ban phrase #2: i wish i were in full-time ministry.
Sitting in a coffee shop visiting over a warm cup of coffee with a cold breeze blowing outside, a friend says, “Oh how I wish I were in full-time ministry like you.” The statement didn’t settle as it wrestled it’s way in to my mind. Actually, the words full-time ministry kind-of stopped my heart for a moment as I wondered… Read More