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Some numbers grow - like in a family due to marriage or engagement. Some numbers shrink - as in our days as they tick by. When we recognize increase and decrease and are thankful for both, we grow in spirit and perspective.
Truth, thinking and three commitments will help us encourage rather than vilify during these continuing hard days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's past time to allow ourselves to ask our leaders significant questions, but we must do so with respect and a desire to genuinely provide solutions.
2020 doesn't immediately conjure gratitude for most people, but upon second glance, with the eyes of faith, there has been SO MUCH to be thankful for.
My new podcast highlights the celebrity in everyone. Is it all for the sneaky goal of getting coffee with Tom Cruise? Hmmm. That’s up to you to decide. But everyone has something worthy of celebrating.
How is it possible for Jesus to literally be walking with you throughout the day and you miss His presence? It happened in the book of Luke during a time of political and cultural upheaval with two of Jesus’ disciples. What can we learn?
Decision fatigue is real, and my sabbatical revealed the urgency of reducing decisions in my life. I suspect you too need to become more accountable with others about your own decision-making and begin a journey away from fatigue into purposeful, paced, life leadership.
“Why me?” Why should a pastor attempt to speak to the COVID crisis other than simply “preach the gospel?”
The main thing I wanted to do with this post is simply to celebrate. I did it! I took a sabbatical. It wasn’t perfectly executed, and it didn’t involve elaborate planning or expensive travel to exotic locations. It was simply a restful, relaxing, enjoyable, reflective, reading, and slow-paced life parenthesis.
This is another in a series of posts on COVID, culture, dialogue, hope and learning gentleness. May it lead to gracious interaction, encouraging perspective and growing trust in a God who is in control and loves you.