“whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:14) Everyone knows how sucky it feels to be humbled. It almost always begins with entitlement: You think you deserve something, but then it slips from your grasp, or someone else [...]
Promise not to judge me? I used to have pretty strict views on dating. But give me a break: I was in leadership of a Christian student ministry and felt like I had to play the big bro. I wanted to protect the girls and [...]
Marriage. Some love it, some hate it. I'm convinced it's incredibly underrated, and I think statistics would agree with me. But all the best things can go awfully wrong. Shawn Smith understands this, and I've reviewed his book which tries to help men date well [...]
They’re easy to pass over. Even the ones we buy for others - do we really put all that much thought into them? Perhaps we should. Either way, I think it’s safe to assume that the people who buy you your birthday cards actually believe [...]
Despite my more anxious temperament, I've always been of the attitude that things would work out in the end. This changed a few years ago. A darkness I had never known appeared and wouldn’t go away. Long seasons of sadness and exhaustion lingered. Things that [...]
It’s probably my life’s greatest irony that I’m generally not good at sleeping (see my last name). I’m a light sleeper, sensitive to light and sound more than most people. I’m not unhappy that that’s the case (I’ll be the first to wake up in [...]
I’m generally a pretty tactful, harmonious person. I don’t like conflict. I’d often rather avoid issues than letting them out into the open. To a degree, this is helpful. Agreeableness is a positive quality, and no one wants to be friends with the person who [...]
I’ve gone through some pretty difficult times lately. For those of you who don’t know (I haven’t gone too out of my way to tell everyone yet), I broke off an engagement a while back. Though the decision was a hard one, it has felt [...]
The principle of getting good stress is true, I think, in all the different arenas of life. If you understand these key areas you can at least get started in pursuing healthy degrees of challenge in your life to keep you sharp and strong. Physical [...]
Healthy stress grows our character, strengthens our minds and bodies, and humbles us. But how do we get that healthy stress in our climate-controlled lives? Pressure and Purpose Purpose naturally puts pressure on us. It directs and guides us. It moves or draws us towards [...]
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