Notice I named this post “when you mess up” – not if, but when. Welcome to planet earth. Scientists tell us that even in the most controlled environment, we are going to have 3% human error. Yet, we as humans seem to expect perfection. This makes or some painful situations. This scientific fact means that […]
Years ago, one of my kids locked herself in the bathroom. One of my friends lived close by and came to the rescue. You see, a 7 year old locking herself in the bathroom is fine – unless you are potty training younger kids. We needed the bathroom. A bit overwrought, I watched my friend […]
We all face fear at different times of our lives. In fact, there are many different types of fear – here are a few: Real fear – like when you get a cancer diagnosis Unreal fear – like fish…just saying Conscious fear – like the blood pumping kind you get when you almost got in an accident Unconscious […]
Have you ever considered the power of the interruption? We have some weird genetic thing in our house – when my kids were little every single one of them either ran or spun in circles – incessantly. One of them even crawled in circles! I say it is genetic because I remember one of my […]
What are your dreams? Do you dream of having a house that is just right, a bank account that shouts stability, a body that will run a triathlon? Maybe your dream is more positional – do you dream of making a real difference in the world, attaining a certain level of responsibility, or having enough to […]
People like to have control. In fact, living “in the zone” is about control – the ability to do what we love. Studies show that people who have control over their schedules experience a much higher sense of job satisfaction. We are designed to do what we love. We are happiest and most productive when […]
Today, welcome guest blogger, and one of the people I admire most: Caitlyn Martinez. If Jesus were to come down to earth again and explain to the leaders of a typical church that everything they hold as important (EG: coffee stands, good worship music, perfectly clean bathrooms) is worthless, nobody would believe Him. Jesus would […]
As I drove home today, it hit me. We are again in grief season. Just about a year ago, my father in law died. Two years ago, my mother in law died in November. Three years ago last June, my sister in law started the avalanche. Grief is hard. It is also inevitable. Grieving as […]
You know, we hear a lot of hoopla about “living the dream”. In fact, there was a time when we used to pay money to tour “Street of Dreams” houses. You know what those houses were? Big, giant catalogs. We were paying money to covet what other people had! The thing is that deep down […]
Do you ever wonder if God is really as connected with us as we’d like to think? There are seasons when we wonder if He forgot us (even while proclaiming loudly His faithfulness). We have whole parts of life when we only hear His voice on rare moments. Yet God is present and He does […]