When does sharing a moment cheapen it? I don’t mean sharing a moment with a friend over a cup of coffee. I mean sharing every beautiful moment you see or experience on social media. The reality of the day we live in is that people feel the need to share anything they like, enjoy or find interesting on social media. …
Integrity Holds You Together
Cancel culture is on the rise. With the internet cataloging everything you ever said or did, people are being confronted with the impossible standard of being perfectly consistent in every moment and in every place. One after another we have seen celebrities, politicians, and media personalities be exposed for their dark sides and darker secrets. Now, marriages, families, careers, and …
Drowning In Our Own Judgment
“She’s so full of herself.” “All they think about is money.” “He’s just saying sorry so he doesn’t look bad.” For all the technological breakthroughs we’ve witnessed in the last 20 years, perhaps the thing the human race has advanced in the most is judgment! With the rise in faceless communication, social media, and endless op-eds, people have become more …
Some Miracles Are Up To You
We all want to see the miraculous. All of us need miracles in our lives in one area or another. I have had the privilege of experiencing and beholding many miracles both in my personal life and in the lives of others. Some of the greatest miracles that happen in this life are in the realm of the human will …
My Smartphone Ate My Prayer Life
Quiet morning. Cup of coffee. Bible in hand and heart yearning for communion with the Lord. Cat video. Refocused devotional reading. Calendar update. Prayer time…. sports highlight, great deal on Christmas gifts, birthday party invitation, reminder to pick the kids up from school today, you tube sensation, etc…. ‘Quiet time’ over. Time to go to work. Ever been there? The …
Stay Out Of It
I have been in Israel for the past week and today I visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. It was my third time to go and the impact is the same every single time. There are no words for the emptiness and sorrow that it produces in you. I go back because I never want to forget. …