Learning Through the Limp and the ThornWhen my granddaughter, a high school senior, tore her ACL playing volleyball, she asked me several times, “Why did this happen to me?”I didn’t answer quickly. I ...  Read More

The End Still MattersMake it count — even if it were the last day of your life.Some have sung their last hymn and prayed their last prayer, yet it isn’t over until God says it’s over.Locked in prison,...  Read More

Strong Start, Weak FinishBe it health, financial, career, relational, or general goals, the research indicates that people don’t do well.LinkedIn — the world’s largest professional networking platform...  Read More

You Have a Built-In AdvantageYou have strengths.You have weaknesses.But you also have an edge.Your years.Your losses.Your wins.Your scars.They gave you gain.Solomon kept asking, “What do people gain f...  Read More

We are Paradise people — always longing for the East of Eden, where once we had everything we needed and more before being sent out.Don’t pretend you don’t want anything.Your nature is craving, thirst...  Read More

The Clock Is Ticking.How much longer will you sit around and talk about it —let that negative inner conversation win,let fear sabotage another great idea, passionate dream, or excellent opportunity?It...  Read More

We are Paradise people — always longing for the East of Eden, where once we had everything we needed and more before being sent out.Don’t pretend you don’t want anything.Your nature is craving, thirst...  Read More

The Drive That Changed MeIn graduate school, I spent two years in a cohort of twenty students. We got to know each other well.One day, while sitting around eating and laughing, a classmate said to me,...  Read More

Be Strong in the Grace That Is in Christ JesusAre you standing in the way of grace?Stop punishing yourself. Give yourself permission to trust God.P. T. Forsyth said, “Christianity is not the sacrifice...  Read More

God Has the Final WordRegardless of negative labels, put-downs, or ugly things said about you, you can still succeed by trusting the grace of God.They hurled insults at Jesus:“If you are the Christ, c...  Read More

Here’s the golden key: enter God’s rest — and be patient.Our ego wants to be right. It wants to take shortcuts, make pit stops, and stay in control. But in doing so, we resist the very rest God invite...  Read More

Opportunity to Play Big“Your biggest fear might be your biggest opportunity“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come before me.” — Jonah 1:2God’s call oft...  Read More