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What To Do When Someone You Love Doesn’t Love You Back

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One of the most painful truths about love is that it doesn’t always flow both ways. Just because you love someone well doesn’t mean that they will love you back. Love is a choice, and like all choices it can be made well or poorly. Are your working hard to love someone who doesn’t seem […]

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How To Make Your Work Seem Less Like Work

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I don’t know where the following quote originated, but I’ve heard it in several places over the years:                 If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. The idea is that it’s much better to do work that you love. Your passion for your work will make what you […]

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Is Your Work Producing The Life You Want Most?

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Children are wonderful. With my daughter starting her senior year of high school, I’ve been even more aware of how valuable she is and our moments together are. The church is quick to praise the benefits of family as a hub of growth and character development, and they are right to do so. Families are […]

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How To Receive The Advice You Desperately Need

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As I have written often in this blog, communication is the lifeblood of relationships. That statement is not a new idea, but we often live as if we don’t believe it. Communication takes work. It’s a skill that has to be practiced and maintained. Samuel Johnson wrote about one component of good communication:                 “Advice […]

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How Much Is Enough: Why We Burn Out

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I ran long-distance races for my track team in high school. I wasn’t very good, but evidently neither were a lot of people in my conference. So, I could be counted on to finish third or fourth at most meets and get a few points for our team. I remember clearly the nightmare of each […]

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How To Live With And Enjoy The Extroverts In Your Life

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Having healthy relationships means learning to relate to lots of different kinds of people. This can be tough sometimes, because most of us generally assume that the things that work for me will work when relating to others. That’s not always the case. In fact, more times than not we are drawn to people who […]

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Why Teaching The Gospel Isn’t Enough

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Teaching the Gospel doesn’t change lives, implementing the Gospel does.  It seems like a small point, but many churches are struggling because they haven’t embraced this truth. As products of the Enlightenment, we have all been taught that education changes lives.  It’s true that education is very important. In the realm of Christianity, or even […]

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Why You Haven’t Been Able To Let It Go: 3 Things You May Not Know About Forgiveness

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If you were to skim the letters of the New Testament you would quickly surmise that the practice of forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian life. It’s a practice that all Christians are to engage in. Most people agree that forgiveness is a good idea. We become discouraged, however, when our attempts seem […]

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An Open Letter To The Church In 2015: Be Known For Your Love

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Dear Church, I know that you are frustrated with being known for things that don’t accurately reflect who you are (You are not responsible for the crusades or for those who foolishly protest at funerals). You can’t always control what people think of you.  You can control your actions and the decisions you make, so […]