EVERYTHING IS NOT OKAY We can’t keep lying to ourselves saying everything’s okay. Not everything’s okay. And that’s the truth, isn’t it? It’s okay to not be okay. What’s not okay about not being okay is staying there. We can’t stay in the ‘not okay’ place inside ourselves forever. It’s a season. Seasons come and… Read More Short & Intentional: May Today Be the Day We Truly Lived
MISTAKING JESUS’S IDENTITY Jesus Christ means different things to different people, and what He means changes how we see and live our lives. For better or worse, Jesus’s name does not lack an impact on a person; the only difference is which impact is made. When Jesus is merely viewed as a moral, scrupulous wise… Read More The Impact of Christ’s Divinity in a Corrupt World
Truly, what is the purpose of belief in a God if the God of that belief knows nothing of love, or, more intrinsically, is not itself love incarnate? OUR NATURAL STATE OF NEED FOR LOVE One of the deepest longings we share as a race is to feel loved unconditionally. Many people get caught up believing… Read More Recognizing the God of Love
Life is precious. Every breath is significant as any one of those breaths could be our last. That is an exhilarating truth; both an invitation to truly live, and a heeding not to do anything less. APPRECIATION FOR THE LITTLE DETAILS Would you miss the sound of wind rustling through the trees if it stopped? What… Read More Transformed From Within: How We Are Meant To Live
Many times we get stuck thinking God has grown silent. Maybe what’s really happened is we haven’t yet figured out how to discern His voice from the noise of the world. Sometimes, I even find God’s silence to be most satisfying response. LISTENING TO SILENCE When I pray, I know God is listening. I don’t always… Read More God’s Voice Amidst the Battle Cry of Life
What characteristics define your picture of the word “friend”? What about a best friend? Are there key qualities which stand out from the rest that a friend must have? I believe there are, and I’ve written this article to elaborate on a few of them. I believe these qualities give significant weight to the way… Read More The Picture of a Best Friend
