Activating Faith in everyday life
“It’s not going so well,” was the honest answer recently from a dad missing his little girl, gone too soon. My heart breaks with him, and other parents, because I totally get it though I find it hard to be as vulnerable. … Continue Reading “After Losing a Child – Get UP!”
Practicing is probably one of the most misunderstood bits of advice I have ever offered or been offered, but is, in my experience, the most successful advice when understood as being truly habitualized. Habitualized? Is that a word? Yep. Practice, train, habituate,… Continue Reading “Habitualized by God”
Put On – Put Off Series – Breaking the Chains that bind us #1 – Put on Love The chorus of a favorite song* has become my prayer: I don’t want to be bound To anyone but You, Master I don’t want any… Continue Reading “Put On Love”
…by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved (2 Peter 2:19) I constantly resist submitting…to exercise, confining self-expression, denying myself favorite foods, control of ‘my’ budget, and many other things. Yet I seldom resist a favorite food, an excuse to skip… Continue Reading “Who Am I Submitting To?”
How many hundreds of pounds have you lost (5 or 10 at a time of course) and how many have you gained back? How many New Year’s resolutions have you made, and not been able to sustain? How many times have you… Continue Reading “Worse Than Before?”