“If we trust in him, God transforms ugly, hurtful circumstances into beautiful things that lift up and encourage us... He can take our brokenness and make something beautiful of it.” This quote does a great job of capturing the full scope of Jacqueline Wallace’s book,...
Today, we continue exploring You Belong on the Field as part of our Year of Listening Up series. I’ve gathered seven blog posts from different sources that touch on the topic, reference different scriptures and really help flesh out an understanding of what it means to know you belong – that affirm your worth.
It took a long while to find myself. To understand my God-given gifts and to understand how to use them. Along the way, I doubted myself, believed myself unworthy and generally felt like the deck of life was stacked against me. Why that is the case, I may never truly...
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...
As my wife will readily attest, I am a man of many interests, leading to the start of many projects and endeavors. Often, though, those projects and endeavors are abandoned in an incomplete state. Don’t worry though, I have an excuse. Actually, I have a ton of...
Today, we continue to explore Being Available to God & God's Call as part of our Year of Listening Up series. Having introduced it last week and sharing some context, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to read what some other bloggers have said on the...
What are your long-term goals and dreams? That’s a tough question to answer for many of us, but it’s an important one to ask. Why are long-term goals and dreams so important? Well, as the recently departed Yogi Berra is credited with saying, “If you don’t know where...
I’m a planner by nature. I like to have a set of check boxes with clearly itemized tasks so I can check them off and move onto the next to make fully sure that things are on track to the end goal. That’s my nature. If I were to pigeonhole myself according to...
One of the most famous quotes from the Kevin Smith classic movie, Clerks, is Dante’s oft-cited refrain of “I’m not even supposed to be here today.” After being forced into work on what he thought was his day off, it’s the go-to mantra that’s quick to mind and just as...