Don’t Mess With The Books… There are plenty of items you can mess with in my life and it will not bother me. One of the few items you don’t mess with me though is books. I will admit it. It’s bad. I take my books a little too serious. For example, If someone on […]
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Noticing The Trees There is a line in Michelle Obama’s recent memoir, Becoming, that hasn’t let me go since I read it. It’s nothing profound. But it’s keenly observant. It’s an observation that doesn’t have anything to do with the subject at hand, but in reality it’s the compilation of many more small observations like
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The Soul Work of Friendship “What just happened?!?!” Have you ever found yourself asking this question after an awkward moment with a friend? If you’re going to do the tango of friendship with another person, you two will inevitably encounter bumps, bruises or missteps along the way. It’s part of the process of dancing through
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The Pornography of Podcasting Attractive but fake. Promising but empty. Exhilarating but draining. These are the warnings of pornography for our souls. It deteriorates the image of God in one another and slowly destroys God’s image of how two people can share in beautiful intimacy with one another. Today, I want to speak about a
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We Create What We Avoid I said a very unpopular opinion the other day in mixed company. In the wake of a discussion about Marvel movies, I simply said the statement, “I think the third Iron Man is brilliant.” To say the least, it created some comotion. You would’ve thought I told them their puppy
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Change of Plans “Canceling plans is like doing cocaine.” Those were the first words out of my first spiritual mentor’s mouth as I was working through a friendship at the time. His words were abrupt. Shocking. And although I’ve never done cocaine, these words haven’t left me even though it’s been nine years sense that
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The Cafeteria of Love “How do I know it’s love?” What a daunting question to ask. As I write this blog, we are days away from Valentine’s day, which I’m shocked is still a big deal. I figured we would’ve collectively voted this day off the island with how much pressure it puts on all
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What Do I Do When They Are Interested? Here are a few words that can almost guarantee you’re about to lose a few hours of sleep in your life. “I am interested in this person.” Now, the second phase that will for sure guarantee you’ll lose a lot of hours of sleep in your life
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