Gentle reminders from God I was at church this Sunday and the pastor brought up something I never thought about. Places were significant in the Old Testament. Meaning that when someone stopped to pray or worship the Lord, they typically built an altar out of the land around them. The…

Hint: you have to get in the trench. — The other day on one of my drives home from work I was thinking about the idea of resilience. I was relating it to the clients I tend to work with. I sometimes hear horror stories — the things I’m most afraid of experiencing in life. …

Your new (old) motto — As I was pulling into work the other day, I noticed a license plate on a vehicle read: “Yng4life”. It immediately egged on cynical thoughts. And I don’t criticize that person for expressing their desire to stay forever young. I just think we’re obsessed with being at a younger age…

But we need them more than we realize. — Life presents its challenges. And although we’re always trying to avoid the awful moments, inevitably like an eventual rain storm, they find their way to us at the most inconvenient times. We are frequently caught off guard by these atrocities. And sometimes the storms all come at once. But what…

It’s an illusion — On my way to work one morning this week, it started to rain. I always thought the weather had this power to create a mood or change an atmosphere. To me, rain can do that. As a kid I used to think that because it was raining where I was…

We need to talk — Dear fellow writer, I get it. You, like most of us, probably came here thinking, “Wow.. even I can make money writing whatever I feel like? This is amazing!” The truth is, if that’s your primary reason for keeping this thing going on Medium, then I honestly think you should…

There’s one could-be problem with your obsessive obedience — The Bible has been, and will continue to be, a point of contention for many people. The skeptics seem to always look for ways to discredit or disprove it. Believers take the opposite approach, sometimes to a fault (no, I don't personally believe that Jesus cares about what you eat…

But I’m not actually impressed — When did we become people that constantly advertise ourselves? Do you ever scroll your social media and find a post where someone is forgiving themselves for resting? They pat themselves on the back, talk about how much they are doing for others, never seemingly having time to care about themselves…

But it presents an opportunity — I’ve always been somewhat fascinated by astronomy. The way everything works with the orbit and our solar system and the stars, keeps me in wonder. The moon is especially interesting. It cycles through different phases as our lives go by. But the new moon is intriguing to me. During a…