We know who we ought to be and we know what the right answers are. But in reality, we often fall far short of our own spiritual self-assessments. [Click title to read more.]
Category: growth
The Perils Inherent To Spiritual Growth
Growth is good. And lots of growth is great! But it can also outpace us. If we're not careful, in times of growth, everything can get out of our control. [Click title to read more.]
New Year’s Resolutions and the Myth of Change
Mark my word: things will change for you this year. The person you will be at the cusp of 2018 will not be, God willing, the same person who walked into 2017. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Be Afraid of Collateral Kindness
Let us not start policing our kindness, or being afraid that someone undeserving might receive it if we aim it in the wrong direction. [Click title to read more.]
Be Open To Correction From Unexpected Places
In our Christian lives, we tend to develop hierarchies: hierarchies of age, of authority. The problem is that as we ascend those hierarchies, as we grow in power, in age, or in knowledge, we often tend to entrench ourselves in our positions and ideas. We assume we are almost always right - or, at the very least, righter than those "beneath" us. [Click title to read more.]
A Meditation On Summer’s End
Slow down. Enjoy everything the coming season has to offer. Fall is short, but winter is long. Take each day as it comes, and give the Lord His crown as the king of your day. [Click title to read more.]
Stop Caring So Much About Results
Sometimes you give your all and the results are nothing great. Nothing special. Sometimes actively awful. That doesn't always mean you're doing it wrong. [Click title to read more.]
The Practice of Reorientation
More and more, I am becoming convinced that reorientation - not of ourselves to landmarks, but of ourselves to God - is a vital part of the Christian life. Maybe one of the most vital. [Click title to read more.]
The Transformation Is Not Because Of You
You are not responsible for your own goodness. The person you are "after" Christ has everything to do with God, and very little to do with you at all. [Click title to read more.]
Be Mindful Of The Small Things
As wrapped up as we all are in the daily business of living, we miss the small signs in our behavior and in the behavior of others that might indicative something is amiss. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 