Ever been stuck in the middle of a conflict between two friends, family members, or coworkers, and you found yourself at a loss for the right guidance to share with them? Worse yet, ever been the one personally responsible for, or entangled in, a conflict with another person? We all have. Pride is often the toughest part of navigating conflict
“Only Jesus is perfect!” Those are the four words my daughter tells me every single time I say, “That was perfect.” She’s right, and as someone who has struggled with the appearance of perfection my entire life, it’s perhaps my favorite thing I have ever taught my daughter. We have to accept we are not perfect. The best part about
Last Monday, I opened my YouTube App and was greeted by The Skit Guys “God’s Chisel” video. “You’re lazy, but you try to fool everybody by looking really really busy,” are the words that stood out to me from the video. I have pondered those words for a week. A week that was filled with busyness summed up with statements
WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE? “The gimmicks are the only reason I don’t go to church. Not because I don’t believe, but instead I don’t buy into the modernization of the church and what it has become. Surely God is dissatisfied and disappointed.” “I don’t go to church because churches are filled with hypocrites and people judging others for things they do
Where you place the word “but” makes a huge difference. For example, when you put BUT before GOD, it tells a story of how God changes everything. THE “BUT GOD” STORY The words “But God” appear more than 40 times together in the Bible. Romans 5:7-8 (NIV), “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were
For Christmas, my Mom gave me a $100 gift card to Amazon to buy something I really wanted. For three months, I pondered. Then I learned about a battery operated Mini Chainsaw!!! It arrived last night, and I put it to work tonight. I don’t know how I ever lived without this thing. #BestGiftEver After a week full of lots
As we were headed to our car today at the church, I noticed a lady sitting by herself on the sidewalk. My daughter and I approached the lady to make sure she was okay. She shared how she’d gotten into an argument with her friend at the gas station. She saw the church across the street and walked over to
Growing up, I loved being part of the theatre. More than two decades have passed, and I can still sing the songs from the musical “Annie Get Your Gun” that I participated in my freshman year of high school. Each year I look forward to taking my daughter to the fall musical production one of our local high schools puts
One word can profoundly change everything. When I rang in 2022, I was excited. Because I had made the decision to get baptized after the Christmas decor had gone up covering the baptistery, my baptism had been scheduled for six weeks by the time that Sunday morning came. I had eagerly been anticipating the moment. I had just finished a
Yesterday four words summed up my day: 1. Why? 2-3. God’s Timing 4. Humility WHY? My morning started with disappointment and heartbreak over something seemingly trivial upon reflection. I had put personal time and resources into something, and I was kindly asked not to do it. As the tears came, so did more interruptions than usual. Overwhelm began to set
