Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Life Skills”
I love mangos. Even with the quirky texture and strange, giant pit in the middle they are still one of my favorite fruits. Amazingly, I can go to the grocery store, pretty much year-round, and pick up a mango or two to enjoy. No, I don’t live in some tropical paradise. I live in North Carolina. (Not exactly the mango …
You have a dream in your heart. At very least, you have an idea that you think would be really cool to pursue. But there’s a problem. Yes, it will cost money and take hard work, but that’s not what is keeping you from trying. The problem is that you’re not sure if it’s ok to pursue it in the …
Some people have a tendency to polarize issues and oversimplify them. I know I do. You are either right or you are wrong. You are either making smart financial decisions or you are not. You are either living according to God’s will, or you aren’t. However, the longer you live you discover there are holes in this logic that you …
Right and wrong can be a tricky subject to navigate. I don’t mean debating the 10 Commandments or clearly defined Biblical standards of living… I’m talking about the everyday life stuff that may not have a clear, cut and dry, this way only kind of solution. As Christians we should want to please the Lord and do what is good …
Nobody enjoys being disappointed. You plan, you get excited, your expectations grow and then it all falls flat. Truly, dealing with disappointment is just part of life. However, it is much more than learning how to navigate emotion or finding how to drown your sorrows in a bowl of ice cream! The enemy uses disappointment as a tool to ‘dis-appoint’ …
Nobody likes a fake. We may joke about how funny it is for people to buy ‘Foakely’ sunglasses (fake Oakleys) or ‘Folex’ watches (fake Rolex’s) out of a van in New York City but at the end of the day, everybody wants the real thing. When it comes to people and relationships, we certainly expect to have trust and transparency. …