Life Seasons

  • Resolve to Have Personal Accountability in Life

    Resolve to Have Personal Accountability in Life

    There often seems to be a lacking of personal accountability in our world. In fact, it seems like personal accountability is a dying skill, much like cursive and Latin. That’s why I love that Edwards built personal accountability into his 23rd resolution. And I don’t think it’s any coincidence that he chose his fourth…

  • A Review of An Outlaw Makes It Home by Eli Jaxon-Bear

    A Review of An Outlaw Makes It Home by Eli Jaxon-Bear

    Even unlikely hero’s can experience a hero’s journey. In An Outlaw Makes It Home: The Awakening of a Spiritual Revolutionary, author Eli Jaxon-Bear frames a memoir modeled by Joseph Campbell’s the hero’s journey. In so doing, he details, in vivid detail, his experiences with sex, drugs, protest, self-discovery, enlightenment, and more. I was provided…

  • How Being Charitable May Not Mean What You Think it Does

    How Being Charitable May Not Mean What You Think it Does

    My earliest memories of the concept of being charitable go back to probably first or second grade. I had attended mass with my mom. Afterwards, they handed out unassembled boxes to the churchgoers as they left. Mom explained to me that we were expected to go home, assemble our box and put our spare…