We’ve all felt its effects: dry mouth, racing heart, stomach upset, and irritability. These are the symptoms of worry. In its deception, worry leads its victims down a path to nowhere–rolling the same concern over in the mind obsessively with no answer in sight. J. Arthur Rank knew the effects ...
Read More »When You Want to Throw Your Hands Up
Traffic that won’t budge when you’re already running late. A co-worker that is rude and demanding when you haven’t yet had your coffee. A computer that keeps crashing when the report was due yesterday. Think for a minute about the many things that we experience on any given day that ...
Read More »“Lord I’m Ready Now”–When You Need to Surrender
Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my decision to make a drastic lifestyle change which resulted in me giving up my full-time career to tend to some pressing family matters as well as to focus my energies more intentionally on using the gifts God has given me. ...
Read More »Prayer: A Powerful Conversation with God
The phrase “Jesus went to a lonely place to pray” is a major clue for us on how to have a powerful conversation with God. Jesus frequently withdrew into the wilderness or the mountains to commune with His Father in heaven. The result was that Jesus did powerful works throughout ...
Read More »A Lesson From Wallpaper: Finding the Meaningful in Messy
I have a new set of heroes. An uncommon tribe to say the least. It sounds silly, but nonetheless … People who hang wallpaper as a profession. I had a bright idea last weekend, which in hindsight was more along the lines of dimly lit. Wallpaper is making a come back ...
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