This week has been a week of living on the “Unfollow” button on Facebook. Whether people are posting memes or links supporting the president or attacking Trump, I’ve just had to hide people. These links and memes have become an echo chamber – repeating the same rhetoric over and over and over. Nobody’s really adding anything…
Jesus said, “You can’t serve two masters.” He was speaking about serving money versus serving God, but the two masters principle applies to every area of your life. A person of divided loyalties will travel a difficult road, because eventually the two will conflict. There are some things in your life that will always conflict…
Deep friendships are hard in this world. You never know if you can trust people. Thus, it’s much easier to be surface-level with your friends. It’s much easier to talk about politics, sports, or TV shows. But transparency is important. We need to be able to open up to others and let them into our…
School ruined you. Yes, you learned valuable facts and lessons. But they taught you a life lesson that was wrong. School taught you that failure was bad, because it took you off the prescribed timeline for your life. Think about it: Failure meant you had to repeat – either in summer school or in a…
Yes, it’s okay for Christians to read self-help books. There, got the short answer out of the way. But that’s not the whole story. To be honest, I wrestle with this self-help questions often. In a sense, I write self-help. This blog sort of is. My book, Created for More, is a devotional with a…
The only constant in life is change. Unfortunately, most people dislike change. It messes with your sense of control. However, change isn’t the worst thing. Especially if you learn to lean into the change and embrace it. Here are three types of changes that will definitely come and how to prepare yourself to navigate and…
There’s a joke made that Millennials frequently want to quit their job a few months in, simply because they aren’t making a big enough impact. It’s a funny joke, but it brings up a pretty good question. When should a Christian quit their job? Is it when they aren’t making a big enough impact? Perhaps. But I…
Does it ever feel to you like God’s limiting you? You feel like you’re life should be going a certain way, yet it seems like God isn’t opening the right doors. Or maybe He hasn’t given you the resources you think you need. Is God limiting you? Is that something He does? Here are three…
No matter how cool you think someone is, you can guarantee they experience mundane moments. That person whose life you envy via Instagram – they go grocery shopping too. They stand in line at the DMV. They have seasons where absolutely nothing exciting is happening. They sit with their family during Thanksgiving dinner. None of…
Regardless of what others might say, you’re on your own path in life. It’s a unique path, unlike anyone else’s. God has different dreams for your life and He’ll take you different places to get to those destinations. Because your path is unique, you can’t just copy someone else’s plans. You can’t read a book…