Personal Growth

Fly on, Thunderbird, Fly & the Quiet Riot in My Soul

Sep 26, 2024 | anxiety, Attitude, Change, Christian Living, Ecclesiastes, Featured, Freedom, Fulfillment, Hope, Humility, Identity, Life Seasons, Mental Health, Peace, Personal Growth, Philippians, Testimony, Thankfulness, Trials, Wellness

This Blog Post goes against everything you're told about blogging to build a platform

Welcome to My Last “Blog Post”

Sep 5, 2022 | Attitude, big picture, Featured, Inspiration, Next, Personal Growth, Purpose, Revelation, Taking Risks

Have you noticed I don’t post on my blog at 1Glories all that often any longer? Here’s why: it became a distraction. If you’ve ever blogged and tried to do so, you know that chasing visits, clicks, optimizing for search and such is exhausting! The blogger has to have...

When Being Teachable Takes More Humility than Smarts

Jan 3, 2022 | Attitude, big picture, Change, Discernment, Featured, Humility, Identity, Integrity, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Psalms, Shaping, Wisdom, Work Life

Early in my career, an email changed my life by helping me realize I was unteachable. Thankfully, I took it to heart and have grown more than I ever would have had it not been sent.

World Peace is the easy pageant answer just as Jesus is the easy children’s Sunday school answer. True world peace, though, is hardly and easy feat. In a world that is often at war with one another, and with people who are often at war with themselves, Jesus is the one answer.

Why Do We Expect World Peace From Miss America, But Not Jesus?

Dec 30, 2021 | Acts, adversity, anxiety, Christian Living, Contentment, Depression, Discernment, Faith, Fulfillment, Grace, Healing, Hope, Humility, Identity, Inspiration, Introverts, John, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mark, Matthew, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Resolve, Scripture, Stress, Trials, Wisdom, YLU18, YLU18-Peace

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 don’t have it all together. Drawing on Paul’s letter to the church of Philipi, we can see that that’s okay, because none of us do. It’s how we move forward that matters.

Why You Don’t Have it All Together and What You Can Do About it

Dec 30, 2021 | big picture, Cast Your Line Toward the Future, Discernment, Faith, Fulfillment, Grace, Hope, Leadership, Listening Up, Paul, Personal Growth, Shaping, Taking Risks, Work Life, YLU17

I like to think I have it all together. There are times, though, where I’m completely fractured and anything but. That may be why I am fascinated by stories that have highly flawed people in them. It keeps me grounded and mindful that I too am highly flawed. It’s more...

The Freedom Gained Through Forgiveness

Dec 29, 2021 | big-picture, Change, Christian Living, Colossians, Ephesians, Forgiveness, Freedom, Fulfillment, Grace, Humility, Matthew, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Scripture

Withholding Forgiveness enslaves all involved. Free others AND YOURSELF of the bitter shackles that hold you back.

In life, you will be challenged to make comebacks. It's important to know you are never too far lost or too far gone.

What the Bible Says About Making Comebacks

Dec 29, 2021 | adversity, big picture, Change, Discernment, Faith, Featured, Fulfillment, Galatians, Go from Low to Glow, Grace, Habakkuk, Hebrews, Hope, Inspiration, James, Leadership, Life Seasons, Mental Health, Personal Growth, providence, Purpose, Romans, Shaping, Sin, Stress, The Potter, Trials, Tweetable, Wisdom

God is a God of Comebacks. I know this to be true. You see, when I first wrote this post back in 2016, I really wondered if I could stage a comeback, or if I was done for. I was down and out, feeling very much a failure. Emotionally spent and clinging to hope, I asked...

A restless spirit can resemble a stirring ache in the soul. It’s a longing desire that must be pointed in the direction of God, who is compelling us toward a long-term pursuit of Him.

Understanding and Responding to the Stirring Ache of a Restless Spirit

Dec 28, 2021 | anxiety, Calling, Change, Christian Living, Contentment, Discernment, Faith, Featured, Freedom, Fulfillment, God's Ordering, Identity, Leadership, Learn, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Obedience, Personal Growth, Purpose, Resolve, Revelation, Shaping, YLU18, YLU18-Patience

Several times in life, I’ve diagnosed myself as having a restless spirit. I've often thought it indicative of a compulsion to do something creative. Other times, I've felt it as an awareness that mighty life changes are afoot. Sometimes, I've found seasons of...

Spiritual warfare is very real. We must therefore pursue of broader discipleship so we can stand firm in our faith while in a world that wants to call us guilty as we are fulfilling a divine calling.

Not Giving Up… Even When the Universe Hates You

Nov 29, 2021 | 1 Peter, big picture, big-picture, Change, Christian Living, Culture, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Featured, Freedom, Fulfillment, James, Life Seasons, Mental Health, Obedience, Personal Growth, Purpose, Trials

My unofficial hiatus might be construed as me giving up. And truth be told, I considered it. Not so much as "giving up" but more like "moving on" to a new season. Back in 2019, as I was finishing my study of Edward's resolutions, I was mired in a personal crisis,...

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