We tend to celebrate exciting new developments. You got a new job or started your own business? Yay! You bought a new car or a new house? Congratulations, it’s beautiful! Seldom do we go up to someone and say, “You’ve driven the same car for twelve years! You are managing your money so well and being super-wise by being so …
When Faith and Failure Mix
What do you do when your prayers seem to fail? How are you supposed to respond when the story doesn’t end with “happily ever after?” Many people have had a crisis of faith when what they thought ‘should’ happen or believed was ‘supposed’ to happen did not. Some blame themselves for not being righteous enough as if the failure is …
Enthusiasm Is A Holy Thing
Enthusiastic people are fun to be around! Sure, they can be annoying at times, especially if they are enthusiastic about your rival sports team. But, in total, enthusiasm is attractive, exciting, and contagious. Enthusiasm is particularly effective in the work place, in building relationships, and in creating a joy-filled atmosphere. Why is that? Would you believe that enthusiasm is a …
Where Did My Hunger Go?
An all you can eat buffet can be a wonderful and dangerous thing. It is amazing how in such a relatively short amount of time you can go from feeling like you are starving to never wanting to see food again in your life! Perhaps you have had the experience? You came because you were hungry but after seven plates …
Recalibrating Your Vision
Believing is seeing. We often get it the other way around. But we all know that if you’re scared then all of the sudden most everything you see is a potential danger. Likewise, if you are in a hilarious mood then everything you see is funny. Why? Because you are in that frame of mind or in that state of …
Why I Want More Doubting Thomases
The Apostle Thomas has been labeled for centuries as a ‘doubter’. As a matter of fact, Thomas’s doubts have become so ubiquitous that even people who have no interest in the Bible or Christianity will use the phrase ‘doubting Thomas’ to label anyone who doesn’t believe in a certain cause or statement. But why have people given Thomas such a …