So, how was your Christmas and New Year’s? Although I hope you got everything on your list (while dodging the dreaded tie or cheap jewelry) and had some down time, I’m not really asking about that. By reflecting on your holiday season, what did you learn about yourself? For me, it was a mixed bag. I’ll […]
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Comparison based on performance. We so naturally live this way that we hardly notice it anymore. And yet, this badge of honor is meaningless to God and deadly to us. God uses our special needs kids to rip off the masks we create and show us that our value has nothing to do with our […]
Continue readingSo, you’re stuck? You know you need to make serious progress in some critical area of your life, but don’t know where to start. Or, start again. In this post, I share a tip that’s helped me make tremendous progress in an area I had (without even knowing it) given up. In the past, I had […]
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Let’s be honest: in our noisy, broken world, it’s hard to live out your faith. In this first post for my new blog, I want to share six ways it can help you follow Christ more faithfully every day, right where you are. Over twenty years later, I can still remember those first few months after my new […]
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You’re ready to get married. Or, at least want to be someday. You know what you’re looking for and have started dating someone. But how do you actually figure out if this person in front of you could be the godly spouse you’re looking for? At some point in my mid-twenties, a light dawned on me. Sharon, […]
Continue readingImagine with me, for just a moment, that you’re really sick. You go in for an appointment, and, after waiting for a few minutes, your doctor calls you back to the exam room. ‘So what’s going on?’, she says. ‘Oh, nothing. I’m fine’, you say with a forced smile. An awkward silence descends upon the […]
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