A few years ago I was having lunch with a friend who was contemplating leaving the comforts her full-time paycheck provided her to chase her dream. She had reached a crossroads. On the road she was on was a comfortable paycheck with benefits, a fancy title on her resume, and a position as a leader within a great organization. That
Twenty years ago, I sat in a “Sociology of Religion” class right off of George Square at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. As we discussed the evolution of religion over the years, one thing stuck out and remained with me above all else. One of the biggest problems facing Christianity at the time was a new category of Christians
“We hurt our own feelings by thinking we mean more to people than we really do.” Those words caught my eyes multiple times this week as I scrolled social media. At last count, the post had been shared more than 1500 times in two weeks, at least three times by my own friends. The most common comment under the shares
As I was watering the garden yesterday, I was frustrated by multiple things. Despite all our efforts, the tomato plants 🍅 are continuing to die from the ground up. I lost three more watermelons 🍉 and realized one of the plants is also dying at its root. My cucumbers 🥒 continue to produce, but I lost an entire plant I
Why are you acting this way? As a parent, I have asked myself this question more than once. Unsurprisingly, I would ask it as I tried to figure out my child’s behavior. Now I ask it as I try to figure out my own behavior. There are moments, especially after a long day at work, where I come home and
Do you ever look at your social media newsfeed and think, “Wow, I want a marriage just like their marriage?” I used to believe everything on social media was as great as it appeared. Then my own marriage went through a rough spot. My husband was the last to know how unhappy I had become. In fact, it wasn’t until
Note: This is part 4 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. Busyness! If you asked me to pick one word that summed up the past three decades of my life, “busyness” would be it. Most days, every minute is planned out with meetings, events, and blocked time for special projects. Even during vacations, it’s hard for
Note: This is part 3 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. As I walked into the door of my first day of orientation at an EMS agency, I was both excited and nervous. Excited because I knew I was where God needed me. I was in essence starting the job I had dreamed about doing since
Note: This is part 2 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. When I interviewed with the owner of the company for my next job, the thing I was most impressed with was his openness to share his strong faith in Christ, which in many ways was in stark contrast to my own faith. Four years prior
Note: This is part 1 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. Over the course of climbing the career ladder, I have often been stuck between the questions: 1. Am I quitting just shy of the blessing God has in store for me on the other side of my endurance? or 2. Is God trying to tell
