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How to make Good Lenten Resolutions
How can you be sure that your Lenten resolutions this year have you on the right track? Will you be able to accomplish them? How do you gauge if you had a “good” Lent? What is necessary to "have a good Lent"? So, many questions, one simple answer. Let God Design it...
Why God Permits me to Fail at my Goals – and How to Leverage It!
I guess experience makes me qualified to write about failure. From where I sit, when I look at the grand scheme of all my plans, by all outward appearance at this moment in my life, I am one. I’ve worked for many years to learn all the S.M.A.R.T. things and do all the...
When Goals Steal your Peace…
Goals are supposed to be a tool to help us align our actions with our priorities and make us make progress towards what matters to us. Sounds good right? Well, then why do we so often fail at our goals? Or better yet, when we succeed at them, why do they leave us...
2 Prayers to Keep us Humble
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ~ Matthew 11:29 Humility is so "unpopular". It is literally the opposite of everything we believe to be good as a society right now: "stand up for...
Is Self-Care compatible with Christian “Death-to-Self”?
Is Self-Care compatible with Christian Death-to-Self? This question is especially important in a culture where self-care is preached as the solution to every problem and depression is still at an all time high. Are we just not doing enough "self-care"? Or could...
Does Depression play a Key Role in the Christian life?
I recently had the privilege of reading a beautiful new book by my dear friend Sarah Robinson called I love Jesus but I want to Die - Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression. It was a powerful, beautiful book about the reality and pain of depression and suicidal...