Winning the Battle of Inner Conflict: Loving the Story that Defines Us

WE ALL LOSE FIRST I used to hate my story. You know, the one that explains how you got from where you were “back then” to “where I am today.” I hated mine because I hated my traumas, my mistakes. I hated my decisions and the way people who were hurt by my lack of… Read More Winning the Battle of Inner Conflict: Loving the Story that Defines Us

Bold & Kind: Feeding Christians Protein-Style Manna

Are niceness and kindness the same? They’re not. Niceness is being agreeable, or pleasant. Kindness is benevolence; being friendly, generous, or considerate. What makes the difference between them important?  There’s nothing wrong about niceness as a quality unless it’s a facade. Niceness has a cunning way of being the smiley face in front of a… Read More Bold & Kind: Feeding Christians Protein-Style Manna

Trivialities: The Path of “Right” Little Things and How to Appreciate the Rest

Day-to-day trivialities sometimes get the best of us, we can start there. We tend to get lost in the little things instead of enamored by them. Rather than being carried up in awe by the quiet of nature, we become bent out of place by horns honking, vulgar language spewed by impatient people unconscious to… Read More Trivialities: The Path of “Right” Little Things and How to Appreciate the Rest

A One-Man Battle Plan: What Will it Take to Truly Live?

It can get easy to think—especially during more difficult times—that our fight is a one-man battle. But truthfully, this very banal and short-sighted mentality always results with unnecessary pain in our personal lives. BARE-BONED EXISTENCE: AN EARLY GRAVE What am I talking about, really? At its heart, I’m referring to the deleterious emotional atmosphere of… Read More A One-Man Battle Plan: What Will it Take to Truly Live?