What Will You Do?
Almost 7 years ago, my family moved into a new home located at the end of a cul-de-sac. The first day we began to move in, one of the neighbors, a man in his 60’s, walked up to me and said “What do you need?”. Not so sure of what he meant, I simply asked, “What do you...
Some Inputs Are Hard to Change
Have you ever noticed how powerful muscle memory can be? Even when you intend to do something different, your body and mind often default to what they’ve always done when the moment arrives. Habits have a way of taking over before we even realize it. For years, I drove the same route to...
Your Identity Was Never an Accident
Hey Everyone, I was thinking the other day about the difference between being a follower of Jesus and other religions. While the differences are many one that always stands out to me is the personal life transformation that takes place inside a person who’s come to faith in Jesus Christ...
Habits of Heart and Action
Ringing in the New Year this year, I’ve made no resolutions. Over the past few years, I have been working on a few resolution-worthy goals with differing levels of success and un-success. And I’ll continue to. But I did go looking for old-school wisdom in Proverbs this week to think...
Rhythms, Not Resolutions
I once watched a 100-pound woman choke out a guy who easily had 150 pounds on her. It was at self-defense class, taught by a master in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. There were all kinds of people there—teenagers, moms, dads, guys built like refrigerators. The...