When a child wants to learn to play baseball, the coach doesn’t hand them a bat, tell the child to step up to the plate, and then throw them a 90-mph fastball. No, the coach puts the ball on a T, shows them how to swing the bat to hit the ball…
Luke
“He literally died!”
“She loves soft pretzels!”
“I haven’t seen them in forever!”
We throw words around as if they have no meaning. We play it off, calling it hyperbole. Hyperbole has been normalized, and the extreme has become expected…
Your jeans rip. Cover the rip with a patch. Problem solved.
Raw chicken falls on the counter. Clean it with hot water and bleach. Problem solved.
You report the pothole that caused a flat. The city fills the hole. Problem solved
You do something…
We all have good ideas. We all have bad ideas. The problem is, we can’t always distinguish between the two in the moment.
That’s because what’s in us taints the way we see the world around us. If we’re full of anger, envy, and fear, chances are…
Forgiveness and grace. We love these defining qualities of Jesus.
But we don’t always love that they’re supposed to be defining qualities of us as Followers of Jesus.
We especially don’t love that we are supposed to be defined by the way we…
How would you feel if a stranger walked into your house and started critiquing your every design choice? What would you think if the stranger then told you to knock out a wall? How would you respond if said stranger proceeded to tell you to…
One of the highest compliments you can give a dog owner is that their pup is obedient, immediately following the commands of the human who takes care of them.
One of the highest compliments you can give a parent is that their children are…
Your doctor requires it. Your waiter expects it. Your girlfriend demands it.
Vulnerability.
Your doctor can’t give you the medicine to ease your pain if you won’t admit you’re sick. Your waiter can’t bring you the food to satisfy and silence…
Problems are unavoidable in our world. Stress is unavoidable in our world. Trials are unavoidable in our world. The temptation to lose ourselves in the problems, stresses and trials pervades our world.
But what if there’s a way to overcome them…
It’s the holiday season. Your schedule is jammed. You’re busy with shopping for food to make and take to parties. Then there’s the stress of actually going to the party. You’re buying thinking about what presents to get for whom. Then there’s the…