Every new year invites us to dream again—new goals, new habits, new resolve. For some, these resolutions take root and flourish. Yet others feel stuck before they even begin. The problem is not always a lack of desire or discipline. More often, it is the weight of...
Bitterness always promises power, but it never delivers. It tells us that holding on will protect us, justify us, or somehow balance the scales. Yet the longer we clutch our grudges, the more they clutch us. They drain our joy, cloud our judgment, and quietly shape...
A clenched fist can’t shake hands. It can’t build bridges, make peace, or welcome friendship. Neither can it applaud—because anger always silences celebration. What feels like strength in the heat of the moment often leaves us weaker, lonelier, and chained to...
I’d like to talk to you about making the choice to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, wrote, “There is no duty we undertake so much as the duty of being happy.” Helen Keller, blind and deaf from childhood, said, “Your success and happiness...
One little letter can change everything Life throws curveballs—betrayals, losses, disappointments. We can’t dodge every hurt, but we can decide what it does to us. The gap between “bitter” and “better” is just one letter, yet it can shape our whole story. I -...
It’s amazing, to say the least: The outpouring of sorrow and acclamation, not only in America but all around the world. This increased sense of God and His power to forgive and save. The need to have ongoing conversations which should result in understanding instead...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Actions connect to outcomes—and we call those consequences. Maybe you broke a promise and lost someone’s trust. Maybe you forgot to pay a bill and owe a hefty fine. Consequences can feel heavy. When Noah was in college, despite...
Bad moments are mostly unexpected, unappreciated, and often create confusion in our lives. When you are embarrassed, experience a loss, fail at something, get robbed, are misunderstood, etc., those bad feelings rise up and bring us negativity and trauma. The length of...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL In the New Testament, Paul started out his first letter to Timothy by saying he was appointed to be an apostle by the command of his Lord. Here are his exact words: “This letter is from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, appointed by the...
When our minds are constantly racing, it’s often because they’re carrying things they were never meant to hold. If you’re feeling mentally and emotionally cluttered, perhaps it’s time to let go—not of responsibilities, but of what quietly drains your peace. Here are...