A Prayer That will Change Your Heart and Desires The dark chocolate hot chocolate from Caribou Coffee is my favorite thing EVER. Like truly, my very favorite treat! The dark chocolate just hits different, and bonus, Caribou usually sprinkles some little baby chocolate chips on top of the whipped cream that adorns the rich, warm…
Category: Christian Living
The Bible’s Wisdom on How to Make Decisions
The Bible’s Wisdom on How to Make Decisions Not far from where I live in downtown Kansas City, there’s an area of town called the Crossroads. Different pieces of the area’s history all worked together to help name it. One way the Crossroads area lives up to its name even today is the fact that…
People are Just People, Made and Loved by God
People are Just People, Made and Loved by God For the first eight years of my teaching career, I taught elementary school. Fifth grade for a year, then second grade for two years, and first grade for five fun years. But as year eight at my public charter school drew to a close, I realized…
Practical Steps to Help Protect Your Heart
How are you carefully guarding your heart? The Bible says everything you do flows from your heart. That sounds like something worth protecting…. Here are a few Scripture-based suggestions for how to do that.
Why and How to Meet God in the Great Outdoors
Spending time in nature can help us feel closer to God, and it should move us to praise Him! Here are some ideas for ways to engage with the Creator of the universe in the beautiful creation He spoke into existence.
3 Powerful Ways to Encourage and Celebrate
Three Powerful Ways to Encourage and Celebrate When I moved to Kansas City 16 years ago, I became a Chiefs fan by default. I would never claim to be a die hard fan, but I do enjoy watching the team! Especially in these past several years, of course, when the Chiefs have excelled. It’s pretty…
Breaking Free From the Crushing Grip of Excuses
Breaking Free From the Crushing Grip of Excuses It’s so easy to make excuses when things don’t go your way. Right? One particular friend of mine, who’s a big sports fan and also a youth coach, has a hard time accepting defeat in a pure and humble way. Whenever one of his teams loses, he…
The Powerful, Hidden Influence of People Around You
The Powerful, Hidden Influence of People Around You One of my work colleagues sends very formal emails—always, no matter how informal or quick the message is. He always includes a greeting, the message itself, and then his name/signature at the end. Can you visualize the “friendly letter” setup you learned way back in elementary school?…
What to Do When You Need a Spiritual Recharge
What to Do When You Need a Spiritual Recharge At the risk of offending somebody reading this, I must admit that I’m not a plant person. Well, I do have a couple fake plants and garlands in both my loft and classroom, but keeping actual plants alive isn’t necessarily a hobby I excel at or…
Three Helpful Ways to Check Your Priorities
Three Helpful Ways to Check Your Priorities I’m reading through the book of Ezekiel right now, and today I navigated through some tough chapters about God’s wrath. More specifically, I was in Ezekiel 4-9, where God is telling Ezekiel to prophesy about His coming judgment against those who had rebelled against His laws and decrees….