For far too long I have believed in the themes of the self-help notions that pervade our society. Counseling, self-reflection, self-evaluation and self-awareness – just to name a few. Further, it seems the church and its people have, at times, absorbed the self-help mentality of our society’s culture as well. I have taken many self-help moves in [...]
SELF-HELP MOVES
Getting Comfortable with the UNcomfortable
The past year has led me to a point where I realize that God is moving me to a place where I am consistently comfortable with the uncomfortable. Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable is, as you would imagine, a hard and arduous process. Looking back at 2011 I can see God’s touches all over it. [...]
Accumulated Secrets
I was listening to a great friend of mine, Jared Herd, being interviewed on the radio about his new book, More Lost Than Found (which you should read). During the interview he was talking about the pain of accumulated secrets and the devastating impact they can have on a person’s life. He spoke of his own [...]
Realigning Real Success
I have not been posting as much on here over the past 3-4 months. I will not say that it was expressly intentional but it also was not unintentional either. You see, 2011 was not my best year to say the least! But don’t worry, I am not going to go into a self-pitying diatribe [...]
Staining Today
Do you ever feel like your past just keeps resurfacing in your present? I know I have. It’s like my past is continuously staining today. I rarely have dreams that I feel like are specific messages for me. However, this weekend I had just that type of dream. In the dream I kept noticing the [...]
Beyond the Words – the Truth of a Story
In case you missed my recent article for Catalyst, here is the link to the article that I recently did for them. It’s titled “Beyond Words – the Truth of a Story.” In case the link above doesn’t work, here is the full URL: http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/beyond_the_words_the_truth_of_a_story
Stable vs. Palace
This weekend I heard a sermon and a Sunday School lesson that really struck a chord in me. There was a part of it that said something to the effect of “sometimes God has you in a stable when you think you should be in a palace. God has a purpose in where he has [...]
Me. Me! ME!!!
Selfishness denotes an excessive or exclusive concern with oneself, and as such it exceeds mere self-interest or self-concern. Do you ever stop and ask yourself if you are selfish? I have not made a habit asking myself that question until the last couple months. The past 3 months have been a great deal about personal [...]
Relinquishing Control
To relinquish means to surrender a possession or a right – such as to relinquish the throne. It is no secret that the past couple years have been a bit rough for me. I have spent a great deal of time trying to discern the lesson I should be learning through it all. However, in [...]
When Life Changes…
As we all know, life is constantly changing. Always in flux. Fluid and flowing. The past year and a half of my life has seemed a bit like a ride in a really old and rickety bus being operated by an insane chimp on drugs. Yet, in a very odd way it has been probably [...]
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