Stress

When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it

What it Means to Take the Fork in the Road

Baseball had just lost one of its greatest personalities with the passing of Yogi Berra when I originally wrote this post in 2015. In addition to being a great player, manager, and war veteran, Berra was well-known for his Yogi-isms. Upon first hearing many, they...

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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?

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...

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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

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...

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Finding a New Mindset

Shift to a New Mindset, Not Back to Normal or a New Normal

Don’t underestimate the impact of a new mindset. Like everyone, I’ve been personally impacted by the worldwide pandemic stemming from COVID-19 and the Coronavirus. I do admit I was one of the early skeptics until I started seeing the grim reality. That was the case...

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Our Toxic Relationship with Food and Wellness

4 Steps for Changing a Toxic Food and Wellness Relationship

I like food. I mean, I REALLY like food. Unless it's okra. Okra is gross. Seriously. It's not food. In the words of Jerry Seinfeld's nemesis, Newman, it’s a "vile weed" - though, to be fair, he said it of broccoli. But this really isn't a post about my dislike of...

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Check Yourself

Check Yourself – There’s Never a Wrong Time for it

It's important to check yourself on occasion. It’s a way to know what's going on in your head and in your heart. I say this knowing full well there is a sinister vibe that likes to flow through my own soul. It’s not something I am proud of. And, truth be told, I...

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Answering a Self-Help Culture that Refuses to Believe

Answering a Self-Help Culture that’s Afraid to Believe

The self-help industry thrives on self-doubt. And even though so many claim to have answers, yet so few of them point to THE answer. Thwart the Devil’s goal of devouring us! Start by skimming the dross of doubt rom your life.
IMAGE: Are You striving for Self-Help or Self-Destruct?

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Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt

Finding Right Focus – a Review of Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt

It’s so hard to get the right focus in life and in career. We are in a frenzied world that is too-often interrupted by shifting priorities, social media notifications, and unexpected things. Of course, that is all on top of our natural tendency to lose motivation (get...

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Should we lament? What does lament even mean? Here are some thoughts, and a poem of Lament I wrote, called Desperate Faith.

Must We Lament? How Can We Not Lament?

It’s good to lament. Or maybe not. Who knows? Maybe we better back up and first ask “what does it mean to lament?” To answer that, let’s consult Got Questions, where they say: To lament is to express deep regret, grief, or sorrow. We can lament through words or...

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