Those in Darkness Seek the Light
Our stories are constantly being written. Something that we all must remember is that no matter how dark our past or current days have been, there can be light ahead. Hope during those dark days makes us buoyant in those places we could drown. Do you judge yourself...
Believe
This time of year, we are rushing around trying to gather every last minute we can to present these past 12 months as a success. The barometer of our success is too often equated with an overwhelming stack of presents placed beneath a tree we more than likely overpaid...
Step Out, It’s Time
Your heart is telling you something. Sometimes it's loud and aches to be heard, and other times it whispers in the storm. Some moments you sit with it and feel, and others you ignore. Maybe, just maybe, it's time you listen. Don't believe the lie that anything is...
Thankful
This season is all about the question: what are you thankful for? Aside from any anxieties or frustrations that arise from your family or the get-togethers or the season itself, we will still be faced with that question; and it may be the most important question you...
I Know the Sun Will Rise
Life isn't easy. Maybe it isn't supposed to be. Diamonds are formed by intense pressure. Olives must be pressed to make oil. Sometimes there are parts of us that must break in order to become. The man who I grew up knowing as Superman underwent a life-changing...
The Season of Leave
“I could not have known then that everybody, every person, has to leave, has to change like seasons; they have to or they die. The seasons remind me that I must keep changing.”― Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road We are all...
Fear
"Fear has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise'. The choice is yours." - Zig Ziglar Growing up I remember hearing the Cherokee legend about the two wolves. One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that...
When I’m Lost, Remind Me Who I Am
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - Pablo Picasso It can seem we are pulled in so many different directions. Sometimes, it becomes so much that we can forget the direction we intended for our lives. So, that begs the...
The Greatest Step
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fall." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Do you believe that? What dream have you laid down for safety? Or because you failed? What will it take for you to rise up again? The greatest step that you will...
Home
Home. Think of this word as the place of your utmost peace. Where is your peace? What makes it that way? This place, the one you are in when you read those words, go there in your thoughts. Take a moment. No matter what is happening around you. What you are feeling is...