What Bethlehem Teaches About Feeling Small
As human beings, we are prone to compare ourselves to one another in every arena of life. We compare incomes, houses, automobiles, appearance, skill sets, talent, waist sizes, levels of education, and even children. By doing so, we think we have an idea of where we fall on the success meter. It’s a trap that […]
3 Suggestions for Surviving Thanksgiving
Ready or not, the holidays are upon us. At this time last year, we were at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of us didn’t gather like we typically would. By all accounts, it appears more people will be celebrating with family this holiday season, and that’s a good thing—but it can also […]
Don’t Lose Your Awe
One of the reasons our lives become boring is we lose our awe of God. In doing so, we settle for an existence filled with restless distraction. C.S. Lewis wrote in his book, The Weight of Glory, “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an […]
Reason To Believe
It was near the end of my senior year of high school, and I’d had a miserable semester. As I looked toward the blackboard, the lenses of my eyeglasses were scratched, my bangs hung in my face because I was in desperate need of a haircut, and I felt like a poster child for the […]