Getting into the meat & potatoes of recovery — Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. (Lamentations 3:40 NIV) This scripture is known to most anyone who has been in a 12-step recovery program. This is step 4 — examine yourself. Take an honest and searching inventory of your past, your…

How a self-help practice led to writing a book — Do you remember 2020? Of course, you do! The year everything changed. I doubt anyone on the planet was not affected in some way by COVID-19 and the sweeping changes it brought to our lives. Suddenly everyone was confined to their homes. That year changed the way we view illness…

And I’ll tell you about Him — “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32 NLT) When I read Matthew chapter ten, I see Jesus giving instructions to His apostles. He is sending them out into the world alone, and He is giving them a warning. …

Wake up Go to work Come home, eat dinner Walk the dog, fold the laundry, go to bed Wake up and start again Nothing wrong — just same ol’ same ol Kiss goodmorning Kiss goodnight A peck on the cheek will suffice Then one day, one ordinary day Driving in the…

Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. (Philippians 2:15–15 NLT) Are we currently living in the midst of a crooked and depraved generation…

Some things I’ve learned in 50 years — In just a few short months my time on this earth will reach the half-century mark. Not much of an accomplishment, but here I am. Back in my twenties, I was sure I would meet my demise before the age of 30. God had other plans. I, being human and…

Where do you find peace? Where do you go for quiet time to mull over your thoughts? For me, it’s the woods. I walk through the tree line and into the shadow of the canopy overhead. The outside world disappears and I can finally hear myself think. …

Tell People You Love Them While You Can — Whenever God brings someone to mind for you to reach out to, just stop what you are doing and obey. Don’t put it off. Don’t say ‘Oh, I’ll do that later.’ Because later turns in to tomorrow. And tomorrow turns in to next week. And you never know when the opportunity will…

Is your heart like my heart? Does my Lord have a human heart? Is that how you know so much about me? Maybe, maybe not.