I’ve heard most of us look at our phones over 100 times a day. All this endless looking at stuff momentarily fills a void doesn’t it? Somedays I feel it too. This restlessness, this covering over. Why? Sometimes it’s habit, but many times we…
At times, I think we all wish that our circumstances were different. Perhaps we didn’t get the house we wanted, or our business isn’t doing as well as we hoped. It can be so easy to wish we had been dealt another hand in…
Fears, doubts, and insecurities. We all have them. We have thoughts like, “I don’t know how it’s all going to work out.” Or, “What if I’m not good enough and can’t do it?” Or simply, “I just want to give up…” It’s what we…
When you think of the most inspiring people that you know, they always had a clear story to tell. In other words, they had a clear sense of what they were doing with their life (at least at the moment), and where they were…
My friend just quit his job. And I, being curious, asked him what made him pull the trigger. I knew he had been wishing to make a change for a while but wondered what actually made him decide to quit. He said he realized…
It’s so easy to play it safe and stick with what we’re familiar with. But if we only stay there, it will keep us from all the richness life has to offer and ultimately from fulfilling God’s incredible purpose for us. Claudia and I…
My love will be back in a few minutes with $170 extra in his pocket. He spent the morning mystery shopping and bam, we have $170 that we didn’t have a few hours ago! We have done this quick rounding up of money many…
Claudia and I are in the process of going through Michael Hyatt’s Best Year Ever goal-setting program. (Great program, by the way!) One of the things Michael talked about in the program was, rather than having an elaborate strategic plan for exactly how we’re…
Where are you going? Good question. I’ve been thinking about it a lot myself recently. Last year, we set our goals for the year and spent the first 6 months working hard towards them. Then we hit a major bump financially and all other…
Courage often emerges after stumbling through a wilderness. Wilderness brings about need, and great need widens the eye. It slows time and allows contemplation to buzz about, drilling deep holes into the heart’s locked parts. We are vulnerable in the wilderness. We question and we…