Fear and Freedom

In my last post I Am Not I basically just listed a bunch of things that I have been struggling with lately - things that I have been using to define myself. After I wrote it, I hesitated to even post it because there’s something scary about listing your biggest flaws and insecurities on the internet for [...]

I am not…

how much money I make.
how successful I am at work.
what my house and car look like.
what I wear.
how much I weigh.
how pretty/ugly I feel at the any given moment.
how well I sing or play piano.
how quickly I am improving those skills.
how well I lead.
any title, or lack thereof.
people’s opinions of me - even when they’re good.
people’s opinions of me – [...]

Take a Deep Breath and Relax

It’s pretty easy to get frustrated in your 20’s because you don’t know what you’re doing with your life, or feel like you’re not doing anything at all. I’ve seen it over and over in myself and in the folks around me. But it’s kinda ridiculous when you think about it.
The average American  life span is 77.5-80 [...]

Timing Is Everything, Part 2

In my last post, I took a look at the younger in son in the prodigal son story, or Bill as we now know him. I made an observation that if he hadn’t been in such a hurry to run off and live his life, things might have turned out differently.
I find myself struggling with [...]

Timing Is Everything

Pastor Ron preached this past Sunday on the 3 parables in Luke 15. (Or maybe it was the week before. They’re all kinda running together these days.) I guess I didn’t get much sleep the night before, because I was having a tough time focusing. Actually, in all honesty I was having a tough time keeping [...]

All Is Calm, All Is Bright

Christmas was only a few days ago, so I can still steal a lyric from a Christmas Carol as my blog title, right? I figure as long as my Christmas tree is still up, it’s ok. And I’m looking at the tree as I type, so…
All Is Calm This is a pretty strange feeling for [...]

Fear & Worry

The worst thing about fear and worry is that they are almost always ultimately a huge waste of time.
Most of the things I worry about don’t actually happen. I waste a lot of time worrying about stuff. I obsess and over-analyze. I come up with countless worst case scenarios, and stress out over all of them. [...]

reflections

A couple of weeks ago I was in a car accident. You can read about it here if you haven’t already. Since then, I have gotten checked out by a doctor, and am injury-free. Or at least as injury-free as I was prior to the accident. I also replaced my totaled car with a car that [...]