“How do we end up like this? Living lives that we don't care about? Too busy fixing things On computer screens While the grass grows green Me, I'm screaming out” -Ben Rector, Beautiful Until you realize the intended purposes for your life you will flounder in far lesser pleasures, beauties and glories. CS Lewis paints [...]
As a pastor I get the holy and sacred privilege of talking with people at their most vulnerable moments in life. I’ve been with grown men who have wept at the bitter reality of life crumbling all around them and inside them. I have been with women who have dealt with relational pain and abuse [...]
Vacations are good but can you imagine living everyday with a recreational mindset? No responsibilities, no limits, no lane lines or guardrails? While it might sound appealing, those who have lived such lives see it as vanity (see the book of Ecclesiastes). Instead of approaching life with a recreational mindset the Bible seems to paint [...]
Recently my friend Jeff (who’s almost 130 days sober) told me one of the secrets to his success and his recovery has been the ability to change his rhythms and his routines from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed. When I asked Jeff, “What’s been the most important decision [...]
We All Have 24 Hours a Day According to the Gallup polls the average American sleeps 6.8 hours/night[1] giving them approximately 17.2 hours of time during the time to budget, manage and invest in for whatever version of “the good life” they are pursuing. Folks who are seriously pursuing recovery from addictions must consider the [...]
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