Life has crashed into you.
Your children, lost to the world.
Your bedrock of finances, eroded by inflation and business losses.
Your reputation in the community shredded by false accusations … a ...
January.
The new year. You determined that this time you would stick to your resolutions, and you’ve already let yourself down.
Or let your spouse down, your children, maybe, and you’ve even ...
When is enough enough?
Some counselors (and pastors) say that only when we are content with what we have will we find inner peace, or that contentment that lets us relax and say to ourselves, “All ...
We’re aware of Charles Dickens’ tale of Christmas redemption.
Scrooge, Marley, and the Spirits of Christmas: past, present, and future.
Like Scrooge, we sometimes struggle to see good in ...
The end is near!
Nation against nation and brother against brother!
Wars and rumors of wars!
Climate change is going to destroy everything!
Let’s quit our jobs so that we can spend all our time ...
Sit on the floor and roughhouse with a puppy. They quickly learn that one of their safest spots is as close to you as possible.
How can “closer to you” be safer? It seems it would put the ...
Are you trapped?
Do you feel like you are in a medieval castle with your feet in chains and barely able to see light far overhead?
Now is your time to break free, to shatter the walls around you, ...
So, you were marginalized as a teen. Your needs, wants, and desires were brushed aside in someone’s efforts to use you for their purposes.
Your efforts to ensure your company’s success were ...
Shadows are part of life.
On the sunniest day, there are always shadows. Under the greenest of trees, surrounding the brightest of flowers, even at the base of each blade of grass, if you look close ...
Life … sometimes it’s just too much.
And we’re not talking good stuff, either. Bills to pay. The next health scare. Covid …
“What will happen if the business shuts down again? I barely ...
Ah, another volcano in Iceland.
Houston, swamped by a hurricane AGAIN?
How about the forest fires in Canada, the drought in California, the heatwave in Europe?
Can China survive yet another ...
Who’s been saying bad things about you?
God says, “BE STRONG!”
Who’s telling lies that paint you in a bad light?
God says, “MY COURAGE IS YOURS!”
Who’s got you huddling in the ...
The nature of life is hard.
Oh, there are plenty of good things in life, but they are like a seed in a very tough shell, surrounded by difficulty and waiting to be pulled out and enjoyed.
Travel ...