Feb 4, 2016 | Anger, character, Depression, Forgiveness, friendship, Marriage, Relationships
In 1989 Don Henley released a hit single entitled: The Heart of the Matter. Some insightful lyrics in this song are: “There are people in your life who’ve come and gone They let you down and hurt your pride Better put it all behind you; life goes on You...
Oct 29, 2015 | Anger, character, Contentment, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, friendship, Jealousy, Relationships, Stress, Uncategorized
It’s time to kill the monster. Jealousy… aka the green-eyed monster… threatens us all. It’s an emotion everyone deals with occasionally. Its roots are insecurity, fear, self-doubt, or anxiety. Jealousy often emerges when someone achieves something you’ve wanted...
Sep 18, 2015 | Contentment, Depression, Family, Forgiveness, friendship, Relationships, Rest, Stress, Work
This past weekend Laura and I served a church in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For those of you who are not Michiganders, our state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas are connected by the 5-mile long Mackinac Bridge. If you don’t like bridges, you really wouldn’t like...
Jun 11, 2015 | Anger, character, Contentment, Forgiveness, Marriage, Relationships, Stress
Disappointment is a universal emotion. Disappointment is the distance between our expectations and our reality. The gap between what we think should happen and what actually does happen. Disappointment rears its head everywhere. We experience it in sports (I’m a...
Apr 9, 2015 | Anger, Depression, Forgiveness, Relationships
One of the hardest things to do in life is to forgive a person who has deeply wounded you. Forgiveness is usually not the first thing on our mind when we’ve been hurt. We’re more likely to nurse a grudge… become bitter… or plot our revenge. Our initial response to the...
