“Bless the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.“ -Psalm 103:2 Do you remember the first job you had that came with benefits? I spent my young adult years playing music professionally, which I loved! But playing gigs as a musician doesn’t exactly come with medical and dental insurance, or a 401k. My […]
Read MoreCreating Your ‘Not-to-do’ List
I love a good to-do list. Few things match the high of checking an item off a list. And checking the last item off the list? Euphoria. I’m the guy who writes something I’ve already completed on the list just so I have the joy of checking it off the list. Basically, to-do lists are […]
Read MoreHow to Get Over Church Hurt
It’s a sad fact of life, but people can get hurt in church. I wish it wasn’t true, but it is. And what’s worse is the pain we experience in church hurts more because we expect to be safe in church. “Church folks are (mostly) Christian people, right? Shouldn’t they be loving and kind, like […]
Read MoreWhat to do When You’re Mad at God
I’ve heard that frustration can be defined as the gap between your expectations and reality. “I thought X was going to happen, but Y happened, and now I’m frustrated.” But what do we do when the thing that didn’t live up to our expectations is God himself? Have you ever been mad at God? I […]
Read MoreLife After Divorce
We live in a broken world full of broken people and broken relationships. It’s a sad fact of life. There’s not one person on earth that hasn’t been affected by divorce. Maybe it was your parents, or your siblings, or your friends, or you. But, the stark reality of divorce has left its mark on […]
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