“If you decide that the way you do things now are perfect and you never attempt to improve yourself again, well then yea, you’d turn into a pretty awful teacher, but I don’t suspect that happening.”
Read More Why You Should Keep Trying Even When You Already Failed IIWe should just keep failing. If we haven’t used our talents yet, we never will. So we should give up. Walk away. Choose something else to occupy our time. The things worth doing come naturally, so if it requires effort, it wasn’t meant to be.
Read More Why You Should Keep Trying Even When You Already Failed I“Miss Callie! He’s stealing from my box again!” The outraged young lad silenced half the room with his accusation. He straightened to his almost-four-feet, hands clenched, bottom lip firmly turned down. He meant business.
Read More Given Away: Giving When It’s Still YoursObstructed vision of people in the same experience can lead me to believe I am the only one.Experiencing life without meaningful connection can lead to exceptional loneliness, and the devil can use perceived loneliness against us.
Read More Exceptional LonelinessSomeone had the great idea to celebrate being together for a year and a half by doing a strenuous hike. The perpetrator rhymes with rah royfriend.
Read More What We Learned From Hiking a MountainThis is one of the most sensitive topics I’ve encountered with people. People’s opinions range from calling every screen the devil, to asserting we are above being influenced and can consume anything…Most recently, I decided that moderation was fine.
Read More A Difficult Focus: Better ThoughtsFaith is not the feeling of things unseen, it is the belief in things unseen.
Read More Childlike Faith (Feat. My Favorite Little One)Thus, “do not take to heart everything people say,” because even you have allowed anger to get the better of you. Knowing that we’ve done the same softens the blow, but it still hurts. Hurtful words hurt. Because what if…..they’re true?
Read More Do Not Take to HeartBut what if Jesus says no? What if my cherished plans are refused? All the studying, acquisition, and saving. What if Jesus says no to everything I’ve worked so hard for?
Read More Cherished Plans: But God, I Want ThisYou have a lot ahead of you, but I want you to know three things. I won’t ruin all of the surprises, but here are three to better shape your mental framework.
Read More 3 Things I Wish I’d Known as a Younger Christian
