There are a lot of dark things happening in the world we live in. We can choose to stumble around in the dark, as I do almost every morning so that I don’t wake up Bonnie. Or we can do something much more effective. Most times I just stumble through the dark. One morning [...]
I am convinced that everything in life has seasons or goes through seasons. And each new season brings about change and with change comes excitement and a certain amount of uncertainty. When I got married there was tremendous excitement and also some uncertainly. Excited to be married but will I be a good husband? [...]
Doors! They are all around us. They speak of opportunity and possibility. But an opportunity is only taken when you step through the threshold. As I am leaving the house for a trip it is stepping through the door of our house, the door to the car, the door to the terminal, the door [...]
Voices! They’re all around me. Some are outside my head and some are inside my head but every one of them is powerful. Some more so than others. Those to whom I give emotional authority to, carry the degree of influence that I have attached to that voice based upon the value that I [...]
In the early morning hours the word broken came to mind. Consider these two definitions; In the negative sense - useless, no longer working, of little or no value, unable to fulfill its original purpose! In a Kingdom sense – no longer trusting in my own efforts, accomplishments, or energy to [...]
Voices, they are all around us. Some speaking encouragement, others seemingly doing everything they can to dissuade us. While there are many voices outside our head, maybe the most important voice is the one inside our head! That is usually the one that we put the most stock in. So, what are you telling [...]
Many times in life we feel rubbed by people. But no one likes to be rubbed! In our own minds, the way we see things is the correct and accurate observation. Now if we could just get the other individual to see things from our perspective they would agree. So we spend our efforts [...]
Polarization! The tendency to be identified with, or be attracted towards, one of the two opposite ends of a spectrum on a given subject. To complete the analogy of using a magnetic field as a metaphor, it is possible to become so polarized on a given topic that in effect we begin to repel anyone [...]
Influence! We are all influencers! In fact I would say that everyone is influencing somebody in some way, shape, or form. Sometimes a better question to ask is, “What kind of influence am I having on others?” Sometimes I am asked the question, “How can I have more influence on those around me?” As [...]
“What is the most important command that God put forth?” a lawyer asks Jesus. "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your [...]