Credibility

We have a high priest who knows our struggles. Jesus spent thirty years doing normal people stuff and a mere three doing something we would call 'ministry'.

Discovering Purpose

On some podcast, sometime, I heard Tim Ferriss comment that when a person would ask him "Should I write a book?" the first response that came to mind was "Probably Not." The reason was that it should be obvious whether or not you should write a book. Basically if it hurts too much to hold … Continue reading Discovering Purpose →

Unfulfilled

If I feel alone and unworthy as a single person, it may be as much a product of my internal emotional realities as it is my external relationship status, which is a caution about the possibility of those same feelings persisting even after the relationship status has changed, which of course is a call to … Continue reading Unfulfilled →

Holy Crumbs

Since early in my Christian walk, the ceremony involving little pieces of bread and micro-shots of grape juice never made sense to me. I’m speaking about communion. Yes, Jesus did say, “do this in remembrance of me,” but when He said that, the ceremony I’m familiar with didn’t exist yet. Different theological streams each do … Continue reading Holy Crumbs →

The Guts of Life

Back in December, I wrote Streams of Living Water from Deep Within . I had a follow up thought the other day, a slightly different way of framing the idea that "out of your bellies shall flow rivers of living water." That word "belly" is from the Greek 'koilia', meaning hollow, referring to the abdominal cavity, … Continue reading The Guts of Life →

Activated

After a long exile in Babylon, and then a change of dominant political power in that part of the world, the people of Judah were finally allowed to go back and rebuild their temple. In that time frame is Ezra 4:24-5:2, “Now the construction of God’s house in Jerusalem had stopped and remained at a … Continue reading Activated →

Victor Frankl, ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’

This is the follow up to Frankl thus far , which I wrote about halfway through my reading of the book. Personally, I see two preeminent themes. One, is the idea that man can get used to anything, which I covered in that earlier post. That is an important notion because it suggests that there is … Continue reading Victor Frankl, ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ →

I Want to Honor God

I recently had a conversation with somebody who was stressing out about decision-making and God's will. By God's grace, I dropped the following truth bombs from personal experience: - God is more concerned about character development than which fork you take at this particular juncture. - Most of the lessons that God wants to teach … Continue reading I Want to Honor God →

Frankl thus far

I am approximately halfway through "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor E. Frankl. The book is written in two parts, Frankl's personal experience as a prisoner in concentration camps, and his insights as a psychiatrist. I was made aware of the book by listening to Jocko Willink's podcast, specifically the episode he did with pyschology … Continue reading Frankl thus far →

Indespensible

Can your business run without your presence and attention? If you are an employee, would the company you work for be in trouble if you left? Are you indispensible, irreplaceable? Now the real question: if you are irreplaceable, do you think that's a good thing? If you are an employee, you might say yes, because … Continue reading Indespensible →