Sometimes it hurts to say what’s true. So we avoid difficult conversations because we don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. What we have to say will disappoint them. Make them feel sad. Maybe even break their heart. Or we remain silent because we’re afraid that someone might think less of us when they learn the…
It seems like choosing belonging would be easy for me because I’m a natural “joiner.” My love for new ideas and projects, fresh starts and new beginnings has me saying yes to joining all sorts of things: book groups, health clubs, school committees, diet crazes, subscriptions to Stitch Fix and monthly home deliveries of organic…
If there has ever been a time when we need to be growing courageous young adults, it’s now. Young men and women with the courage to become the brave and caring adults our world needs. To one day find solutions to very real problems that seem only to be getting worse. Courage to live lives…
Wrestling with waiting is a problem for me. But not in the way you might think. It’s not that I don’t like waiting. It’s that I may be just a little too good at it. It started naturally enough. When I was young, I would wait to see what my friends wanted to do before I…
God’s Word is clear that we are not meant to travel solo through this world. That we need good traveling companions who can help us stay on the right path and encourage us to keep going when we feel like setting up a permanent camp at what should be a rest stop. But I have…
Have you ever told yourself, “I don’t know what to say, so I just won’t say anything!” I used to be a master avoider. I could smooth things over with black-belt proficiency. But the problems didn’t go away. They just turned into bigger problems later. On top of being an “avoider” I’m also a “problem…
