Personal Identity According to Tim Tebow in His Book, Shaken
I have always had a fascination with the idea of personal identity. As a child, I gave a lot of thought (maybe too much) to my personal worldview and how I defined myself. I looked to others I could adopt as personal role models, incorporating their traits into my own...
Facing Fears… and Trying Not to Throw Up
Facing fears can come in various sizes. There can be enormous fears, like getting out of toxic relationships because a fear of being alone outweighs the alternatives. And we can also be facing fears that some may consider silly, like spiders, clowns or traveling too...
Walled In. How God Guided Me from My Thin Place
In life, we often feel walled in to a thin place – a feeling of despair and hopelessness. Jason Coleman was there and God guided him from low to glow. Here’s his story: There is nothing that compares to the feeling of entrapment. The feeling that the walls...
A Review of 41 Will Come, Down But Never Out
In 41 Will Come, Check E. Tate presents a clear call to action: What are you going to do about the giant that’s standing between you and your dreams? The giant that is keeping you from being the person God created you to be? This is a tough question. In fact,...
Busy Life? Time to Thin the Radishes
Two things about me… Rarely do I experience downtime and I have a hard time saying no to anyone who asks for my assistance. Yes, I realize the two often go hand-in-hand, and yes, I realize it leads to consequences. It is the way I was wired and there is no...
Going Beyond Our Comfort Zones – 7 Posts
I am excited about today’s post as we continue considering comfort zones. Perhaps you’ve noticed I have curated seven posts about every topic in this year’s series, A Year of Listening Up. I do this because, it 1.) helps me grow and expand my...
How Survival Instinct & Comfort Zones Screwed Us Up
Human beings are wired with a survival instinct. Some call it our reptilian brains and many are quick to reference Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as evidence. There has been a lot of more recent neuroscience to further affirm this human need for survival at all costs....
Your Work in the Mundane is Refining You
Everything in life is work in some form or another. Some is strenuous. Some is tedious. Some is enjoyable. Some can be an absolute drag. Cleaning house falls into the latter for most people. Sure, house cleaning work can burn calories and force us into a mindset...
Review of Brokenness to Beauty by Jacqueline Wallace
“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...
Grow Up. And Then, Grow Up Some More.
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...