Sometimes this world can make us ask and wonder - what the heck is happening?! Yet, despite all the confusion, change, conflicts, and chaos swirling all around us these days, there is also calm, new connections, compassion, care, and celebration. All these things swirl together to create life. What we focus on however is typically …
Category: Encouragement
V.U.C.A. What?
VUCA apparently has been around awhile - first taught at the Army war college. However, it is now circulating among businesses, leadership, and even church circles, as a means of preparation and expectation. Clearly, our recent pandemic illustrates the relevancy and reality of VUCA, an acrostic for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. We can, without …
Inviting My Moments To Matter
God created us for eternity. When we think about that and truly ponder the abundant love and profound grace of this fact, it's overwhelming. It's also comforting to know my life is eternal - in Christ, for those who believe, know and follow Him, we have an everlasting existence and this world is only a …
Equalize
As mentioned in a previous post, getting my open water scuba diving certification has been an experience with an impact that seems to offer endless applications. Another example of this is in the area of worry. There were definitely times during our training we had to face off with inner fear and worry. Yet, an …
In Between
I’m not the man I want to be and not the man I once was. I’m in between what was and what can be. Hard to imagine that my decisions today determine what will be. This scares me because I don’t want to mess it up - and left to my own devices, I will. …
Communal
We are meant as Christians for community, not isolation. As we see when God created Adam and Eve, creation wasn't complete until there was community. But community can be hard for some - for others, not so much. They enjoy the company of others - there is healing in this area for them and their …
Freedom’s Flight
I am blown away by the freedom God gives - but we must learn to walk in it. We don't naturally understand how to fully be free. We know God says the truth will set us free and we will be free indeed. We also know Jesus gives life abundantly. Yet, even though as believers …
Boundless
Psalm 130:4 reminds us how truly endless God's love, blessings, and forgiveness are. As Eugene Peterson states it, "God's way with us is the way of blessing. Rock bottom has a bottom, but the heights are boundless...God comes to bless and bless bountifully"! For those who know, seek, and walk with God, we know this …
Inconveniences
In a world centered around conveniences, dare we allow ourselves to be inconvenienced? Before this season of quarantine, it was difficult enough to have our routines, schedules, agendas, goals, timelines, relationships, work, and hobbies interrupted, but now, how's it going? It's been forced upon us - but I find I still struggle with seeing the …
Set Up To Sail
We all have things in our life we have always enjoyed and liked - though perhaps, we don't know exactly why. For me, being outdoors in the sunshine and near the water has always spoken to places deep within - and boating, unlike any other, helps brings it all together. Even looking at boats in …
