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The annual Christmas tree toss - it’s become a sappy tradition that an international audience roots for.
We will all forever remember 2020. It has shaped our days and generation. Its impact will be felt for a long time. One of its strange gifts, for those who take the time to receive it, is its brutal reminder of helpless humanness. Oh, how we've tried to forget our frailty! Thank you, 2020, for reminding us.
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?”