encouragement

  • Find joy in difficult times

Learning From Our Losses

A quote I heard this past week took me back to the time when our daughter was in college and the summer she toured with a Christian singing group, The Continentals.  Jennifer was the pianist for the group that traveled the eastern part of the US and several countries overseas.

Learning From Our Losses2023-05-15T11:46:58-05:00
  • My thoughts are going around in my head like a Ferris Wheel

I Need Help

I need help. Lately, I’ve been waking up earlier in the morning than I want to because so many ideas are spinning around in my head like a Ferris wheel. I feel like a carnival worker with a cigarette hanging out of the corner of my mouth trying to manage

I Need Help2023-05-15T11:23:11-05:00
  • Remembering well is the great antidote to pride, fear, and anxiety.

Remembering: The Great Antidote to Pride, Fear, and Anxiety

To remember well isn’t as much about recalling the past as it is about the hope it gives us for living well in the future. Remembering is the great antidote to pride, fear, and anxiety. I was reminded not long ago of the importance of remembering as my wife and

Remembering: The Great Antidote to Pride, Fear, and Anxiety2023-05-01T16:52:12-05:00
  • Relational intelligence is learned by observing

Relational Intelligence in the Age of the Artificial Kind

We’re hearing more and more about artificial intelligence these days, but I don’t hear anyone talking about relational intelligence. I wish we did. Few people are born with it, yet it is something we can learn by carefully observing others who have it. I saw a great example of recent

Relational Intelligence in the Age of the Artificial Kind2023-04-18T15:19:30-05:00
  • Good people are out there

Good People Are Out There

I came across a great example of good people doing good things that I thought you would find encouraging. It illustrates well a passage found in the Bible, Titus 3:14, Our people must learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others, then they will not be unproductive.

Good People Are Out There2023-04-17T09:35:11-05:00

An Unusual Way to Connect With God

If you’re a person of faith as I am you’ve probably learned about ways to connect with God. Where we initiate the connection through Bible reading, prayer, listening to music, appreciating the wonders of creation, and all that.  This month of April though, I’ve been thinking about ways God connects

An Unusual Way to Connect With God2023-03-31T11:47:10-05:00
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