There’s a kind of happiness most of us are familiar with. The pleasant surface kind. A good meal, a sunny afternoon, a moment that goes well. Then there’s a different kind, deeper, slower, less dependent on circumstance, that you only encounter...
Unity is one of those words we’ve quietly downgraded. Most of the time, when people say they want unity in their family, their team, their church, their community, they really mean they want everyone to get along and stop disagreeing. That’s a useful...
Our culture loves to call people “driven”. The word gets thrown around as if it were a compliment, and most of us are flattered by it the first few times. Then, somewhere in the middle of an exhausted year, you start to notice the word’s edges....
Why do some people seem to live abundantly while others, with very similar circumstances, just don’t? You’ll meet two people with roughly the same job, the same income, the same family setup, and one of them is overflowing with energy, generosity and life,...
Have you ever noticed how much space sits between believing something will happen and actually seeing it happen? You hear the promise, you commit to the goal, you sense the calling, and then… nothing. Or at least, nothing visible. The waiting room of life is...
“While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground…” It’s a carol most of us could sing without thinking, even if we haven’t been near a church in years. The melody is so familiar that we sometimes forget...
