The Secret to Building Character Traits on Purpose
Purposefully building character traits may be one of the underlying reasons for embarking on this grueling study of Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions two years ago. As I enter into the home stretch of it, this may be the only time I have directly acknowledged that fact....
The Right Personal Influences and Being Mindful of Them
I credit many people as being positive personal influences in my life. Some are long-time influences, while others are short-lived. Likewise, there were many events and happenstance that I pinpoint as personal influences of both me and my entire generation. Take a...
Bearing Spiritual Fruit, Resolutions and Jonathan Edwards
For Jonathan Edwards, resolutions were instructions for living. It’s well chronicled that he wrote 70 resolutions and read them daily throughout life. He followed them and relied upon them for sustaining strength with the ultimate intention being the development of a...
Divine Encounters – 7 Posts on Watching for Evidence of God
Divine encounters take many forms. Whether it’s scanning for Jesus Sightings, experiencing God Things, or responding to Spirit Promptings, God is omnipresent. Like it or not, we’re always in the presence of God. That means, no matter how much we screw up, it is never...
Spirit Promptings: Inklings and Gentle Whispers of God
Many folks report having spirit promptings – a compulsion or feeling of obligation seemingly from God. For instance, I once did mission work with someone who was convinced she was supposed to give her shoes to a resident of the area we were working in. Looking...
Vision and Leading – 7 Posts About Casting Your Vision Toward the Future
Vision and Leading are two words that practically everyone has heard used in some context. Whether it’s personal or group context, whether for career or volunteerism, you can’t escape hearing those two words. They’re often accompanied with the word...
Human Flaws We Cling To And How They Ruin
It’s uncomfortable to admit we have flaws. But we do have them. You have flaws. I have flaws… we all do. In fact, it’s a fairly constant and obvious fact that everyone on our planet is broken in some way. Whether you believe the story of Adam and Eve or not – there is...
Be Available to Serving God by Getting Out of the Way
Before there was 1Glories, there were several other blogs. My personal blog, a baseball blog, a blog specific to the history of baseball in northeast Indiana, a blog to explore ins and outs of social media, a one-year only blog that sought to opine on a...