World Peace is one of just two easy answers in life. It’s the correct response when a pageant contestant is asked what she would most want to see happen during her lifetime. This response is the mocked canned answer made famous in the movie Miss Congeniality. The...
I wanted to share an important message in light of Mental Health Awareness month. It’s gonna be gritty and raw. And that is for good reason. You may know that I was brought up in a home where Mental UNhealth was prominent. At least partly because of that, I have spent...
God’s rejection is real. That’s a very tough reality. And it’s a fear that - at least secretly - haunts every Christian at some point. Perhaps even non-Christians give this some serious thought. There are two things I have observed about Jonathan Edwards while...
The self-help industry thrives on self-doubt. And even though so many claim to have answers, yet so few of them point to THE answer. Thwart the Devil’s goal of devouring us! Start by skimming the dross of doubt rom your life.
IMAGE: Are You striving for Self-Help or Self-Destruct?
It’s good to lament. Or maybe not. Who knows? Maybe we better back up and first ask “what does it mean to lament?” To answer that, let’s consult Got Questions, where they say: To lament is to express deep regret, grief, or sorrow. We can lament through words or...
A post about Christian death is a hard one to draft. As is the case with most, this post culminated in much more than I intended when I started studying it, praying over it, and observing society around me. I also find that I have been in a very gray season of life....
I don’t know how it goes in other countries, but the U.S. culture certainly has an interesting relationship with the concept of shame. On the one hand, it seems that nobody has any shame. In addition, people are constantly thrusting themselves into attention seeking...
Doubting God’s love is something I suspect we all can relate to feeling. I know I personally go through seasons of spiritual idleness. And I, like Edwards and many other people, suffer bouts of depression. The feeling of hopelessness is a sentiment I know as well as...
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. In fact, they’re affecting 40 million adults - that’s 18.1% of the population - every year. Though treatable, most sufferers don’t get treatment.It’s connected to stress, worry, doubt,...