There is nothing enjoyable about hurting. People can say they like being sore after a workout or that they get a rush from muscling through challenging physical feats but, even still, it’s not pleasant. What’s worse than physical pain is emotional pain. Deep wounds that come from damaging words, abuse or the loss of a loved one are challenging to …
Buried on a Hill in Bosnia
I originally wrote this post after a trip to Sarajevo, Bosnia in October of 2016 to visit my dear friends Robert & Sandrina Jurjevich. I was reminded of it after recording a podcast with them recently. Click here to hear it. Their lives and their friends Bob and Eileen have impacted me greatly. I believe their story will impact you …
How Could God Let This Happen?
Every human being has asked, thought, or felt this question in their lives. There is a lot of emotion that surrounds disappointment. For some, it is anger. For others it is shame, as in, “is it ok to even be feeling this way?” Regardless, life is complicated and often very difficult. In the complexities and disappointments we can find ourselves …
In Your Heart and Out Of Reach
Often times the things that are in our hearts are completely out of reach. Where the world’s wisdom tells us how to self medicate and learn to cope with our inability to attain our dreams and desires, God’s Word implores us to engage our faith and see the impossible become reality. However, much like a turtle who is apprehensive to emerge …
What Does A Move Of God Look Like?
The fall of 1969 and the spring of 1970 were tumultuous times, not too unlike the things we are experiencing today. There was deep mistrust in the government with the War in Vietnam being very polarizing among people. There were deep racial issues as the nation was processing all the changes of the civil rights movement. There were riots and …
You Need Solitude, Not Isolation
“Everybody needs a little time away…” Peter Cetera and Chicago said as much in their famous song “Hard to Say I’m Sorry.” However, there is a tremendous difference in taking some time to pause, reflect, and be refreshed in healthy solitude versus isolating oneself from everyone as a habit. I recently took a little time away and I was reminded …