I’ve always been fascinated by the story of Aladdin. A genie showed up and granted him three wishes. Then those wishes led to riches and power. I can relate to that sort of story. I can relate to that dream. But it’s interesting, because the same sort of story happens in the Bible. It wasn’t three…
I have a friend who doesn’t like his job. He wants to go into business for himself, but he also doesn’t know how to get from point A to point B. How do you make the break without it hurting your wife and kids? I sat down with him recently and gave him some action…
“I’m just dissatisfied. I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid my life will be like this until I do.” I’ve known so many people wrestling with feelings like that on the inside. They have a growing dissatisfaction, but they don’t know how to get out of it. They think they need to change something, but…
King David is one of my favorite people from the Bible. I can fully relate to the guy. But on a recent reading of his life, I’ve noticed a few things that surprised me about him. It certainly wasn’t the stuff I learned in Sunday school or in church services. Here are a few surprising…
Over the last few months, I’ve been on a journey of learning to bet on myself. It began when I finished my latest book. I was ready to send it to a publisher like I did with Created for More. But a few weeks ago, I made a way different decision. I decided to self publish.…
I was riding in the car with my brother, and he said something that kinda blew my mind. “You know, Jonathan. The more I think about it, the more I realize I’m invincible.” I laughed. But as I thought about the context of our conversation, I actually began to agree with him. The Bible tells us…
When I first started leading worship at church, I discovered people loved complimenting me. Being 17, I didn’t really know how to take that much praise. So I did what I thought was the “humble” thing, and I didn’t really accept their compliments. I thought it was humility on my part, but it was really…
In August 2013, I got fired from my dream job. While it was one of the most painful moments of rejection in my life, it was probably also one of the best things that could have happened to me. It was a good thing because I responded well to the event. In fact, three things I…
Today’s my birthday. I’m turning 31. Yikes. For some reason, I thought I’d feel like an adult and have things figured out when I turned 30. One year later, it turns out that’s not true. So here are 31 things I still need to learn. Hopefully this’ll be the year I get this stuff worked…
If you’ve been in a church long enough, you’ve probably witnessed some backstabbing. Heck, you might have been the person doing the stabbing, or you might have found the knife in your own back. If you work for a church, you see even more of it. While I worked with my dad, I saw him…