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How do we find God when “stuff” happens? Look to prayer and wisdom for keeping our focus, faith and fortitude when navigating suddenly darkened chasms.

How to Find God When Your Tunnel Suddenly Darkens

Jun 19, 2017 | adversity, big picture, Calling, Christian Living, Culture, Ecclesiastes, Faith, Fulfillment, Honor, Identity, Leadership, Learn, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, providence, Purpose, Regret, Revelation, Service, Shaping, Stress, Taking Risks, Trials, Trust the Engineer When the Train Enters a Dark Tunnel, Wisdom, Work Life, YLU17

The ways we find God is a common theme or trope throughout book, film, television and story in general. Ever notice it’s almost always through tragedy or struggle? You know, some sort of hardship? Though I bet it does happen, I am doubting many people find God...

God loves justice and sent his son to administer it. He blesses the difference makers who thirst for and seek justice.

Being a Difference Maker When Justice Seems Unlikely

May 22, 2017 | adversity, Christian Living, Contentment, Create a Future That Defies Present Circumstances, Culture, Faith, Freedom, Fulfillment, Isaiah, Leadership, Listening Up, Living Hope, Matthew, Mental Health, Proverbs, Psalms, Service, Taking Risks, Trials, YLU17

I gotta think we all would like to say we are a difference maker in some form. Whether it is in the lives of our children, in our careers or through our service to others, we make an impression. The type of impression, though, should be one of positivity and valuable...

Though Jesus was not subject to the bystander effect when he died in our place, we are susceptible to it. Here’s why, like Christ, we have a duty to rescue.

Our Duty to Rescue and Rejecting the Bystander Effect

Apr 24, 2017 | Born Again, Culture, Discernment, Forgiveness, Fulfillment, Grace, Humility, Inspiration, Isaiah, Leadership, Learn, Listening Up, Love, Matthew, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Regret, Romans, Scripture, See Individuals - Not Crowds, Service, Wisdom, YLU17

I was introduced to the concept of the Bystander Effect while refining my understanding of seeing individuals, not crowds. I have no doubt that you have seen it in action many times over. As have I. In the simplest terms, it is an unwillingness to speak up or take...

When serving others, we must develop individuals and our communities. Here are 7 posts to help open our minds and encourage action.

7 Posts About Serving Others Amongst the Crowds

Apr 17, 2017 | big-picture, Deuteronomy, Fulfillment, Inspiration, Jeremiah, John, Leadership, Learn, Listening Up, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Personal Growth, Romans, See Individuals - Not Crowds, Service, Work Life, YLU17

When serving others, there are several paths we can take. There’s a lot of advice and many forms of motivation. If we’re going to succeed, we must develop individuals and our communities. It means seeing like Jesus, developing people and developing our communities....

I’m excited to introduce 1Glories readers to today’s guest blogger, Rana Tarakji. She is a fellow blogger, entrepreneur and Christ follower who passionately pursues a refining life, on purpose. In this guest post, Tarakji tackles an important subject that most (perhaps all) of us must consider during our lives.

Christian Living and the Sin of Wanting More

Apr 14, 2017 | Christian Living, Culture, Discernment, Dreams, Faith, Fulfillment, Guest Posting, Humility, Leadership, Learn, Matthew, Obedience, Old Testament, Scripture, Service, Stewardship, Wisdom, Work Life

See Individuals, Not Crowds: Mother Teresa

If Mother Teresa Didn’t See Crowds, What Did She See?

Apr 3, 2017 | big-picture, Culture, Faith, Fulfillment, God's Ordering, Grace, Healing, Hope, Humility, Leadership, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Love, Mental Health, Missions, Old Testament, Purpose, Scripture, Service, Tweetable, YLU17

Mother Teresa experienced a lifetime of helping others and impacting lives in countless ways. She built hospice centers, orphanages, and centers for the blind and disabled (among MUCH more). She cared for and served the needs of people who hospitals refused to admit,...

Abandoned Faith by Alex McFarland and Jason Jimenez

Are Millennials the Lost Generation? A Review of Abandoned Faith

Mar 15, 2017 | big picture, Book Reviews, Born Again, Calling, Change, Culture, Discernment, Faith, Fulfillment, Hope, Leadership, Learn, Marriage, Missions, Parenting, Reviews, Service, Shaping

I have heard about the rise of the Millennials for the vast majority of professional career. And, as one of the youngest GenXers, born just a couple years before the commonly accepted Millennials origin date, I've had a unique perspective. On the one hand, I am the...

There are a lot of ways we create interpersonal interference - our earbuds. Look at your personal behaviors and habits. Where do you need to take out the earbuds and how can you create welcome mats to build a sweet spot for connecting?

Take Out Your Interpersonal Earbuds to Create Sweet Spots for Connecting

Mar 13, 2017 | big picture, Culture, Fulfillment, Healing, Leadership, Learn, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Service, Take Out the Earbuds, Tweetable, Work Life, YLU17

We all have metaphorical earbuds that we are using as interpersonal barriers of relationships. Sometimes, those “earbuds” are intentionally put in place as we are zoning out and keeping ourselves solitary. Other times, they’re in place without our conscious knowledge....

Our personal headphones lead us to missing out on many things. This includes our ability to listen and hear, our ability to know what is right and to serve God's world.

Our Spiritual Headphones And Where We Are Really Missing Out

Mar 6, 2017 | Amos, big-picture, Contentment, Culture, Isaiah, Leadership, Listening Up, Mental Health, Service, Take Out the Earbuds, Taking Risks, YLU17

A lot of people suffer from the fear of missing out, or FOMO. You see, we all like to be included and don’t want to be the one missing out on the good times, great experiences and epic moments. During a conversation with a worship leader, I was struck by her reference...

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