What is the kindest thing you can do for yourself today? Would it be to give yourself a day off from work, from any and all household cleaning, or from your long list of daily to-dos? Would it be to splurge in a little retail therapy, a luxurious spa treatment, or to indulge in a huge slice of pumpkin spice… Read More
As promised, this is a follow-up to the post I wrote on The Good Life. (If you want to refresh your memory, you can read it here.) This weekend, I listened to a sermon in which the *pastor addressed the topic of stress. He began by laying the foundation of his message with a definition and a principle. “Stress is… Read More
How, in a year that’s emphatically being labeled as bad, can I possibly be talking about a life that’s good? Valid question—I get it. Because the truth is it’s mid-October, and I’m only now finding words on the other side of my own personal pit. I should start by saying aloud (via my keyboard) that I have been in a… Read More
What if, instead of trying to build our teenagers self-esteem, we shifted our efforts to building their God-esteem? What if, instead of focusing so much on how our youth view themselves, we invested in helping them to grow their view of God? What do you think it would change? I think this shift in focus—from self-esteem to God-esteem—has the potential… Read More
Just popping on to let you know that my new book is out and just in time for 2019!! Here are 5 facts about this book: 1: The books I write are always for me first. I needed these lessons and learned to live them out in very real (and often painful) ways last year. 2: Because of that, I… Read More
I made something a couple weeks ago that I’ve been really enjoying that I wanted to share with you. I’m calling it the “Daily Quiet Time Page”. I don’t know about you, but often when I read my Bible, I grab for whatever loose paper or notebook we have laying around to jot notes on. There’s very little order to… Read More